pocketed

past tense of pocket
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Recent Examples of pocketed Mills pocketed as much as £750,000 in the 12 months to the end of March 2026. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 July 2026 Regardless of who Democrats put up as their nominee, Collins is not showing up to the fight empty-pocketed. Andrew Balaban, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Oligarchs pocketed the petrodollars of the late-aughts oil boom and left the nation somehow poorer and more indebted. Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026 Doyle allegedly pocketed most of the proceeds while feeding Matthiesen a string of false explanations about why payment had never arrived. Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026 Those are the worst-case scenarios for avoiding being pick-pocketed, as someone can reach right in and steal your wallet, passport, or other valuables. Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2026 Their eyes might glaze over, or fixate on some small detail that can be pocketed for future interpolation. Literary Hub, 9 June 2026 Van Dyke allegedly pocketed at least $400,000 after making a series of bets in the days leading up to the raid. David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026 Boston’s Aissata Traore pocketed her team’s goal in stoppage time. Staff Report, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pocketed
Verb
  • In the late 1800s however, the Chinese Exclusion Act stifled the thriving community, and other immigrant communities began to make their mark on Gilroy.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
  • Corporate employees often have income growth that can be stifled or even capped.
    Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • In February, a 17-year-old stole a gun from police and opened fire at a public high school in southern Thailand, briefly taking people hostage in a two-hour attack that killed one person and wounded two others.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The teen stabbed a police officer with a knife and stole his weapon -- a 9mm pistol -- just before the incident, then used it to carry out the attack.
    CBS News, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Strait of Hormuz — which handled around one-fifth of global oil supply before the war — has seen traffic drop to a trickle with sporadic increase in ship transits on positive headlines.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • What expressiveness in the robot changed in participants was how their brains handled the moment.
    Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Surely a minute had passed since her father had swallowed the drug.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Once swallowed by a human, the oocysts make their way down the esophagus, to the stomach and then the intestines.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Layered into lasagna, stuffed into pierogies, and swiped onto toast, there are so many ways to revel in the curds.
    Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Miami has swiped at least two bases in a game 35 times this season.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • With his plan accepted, Léna began organizing experiments for the historic flight.
    Dhananjay Khadilkar, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In order to earn enough money for his grandmother’s cancer treatments, Tae-ha accepted a job with Sang-gil.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In July, the Ukrainian air force reported a Russian missile failure rate -- including munitions that were intercepted, suppressed or failed to reach their targets -- of around 58%.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The platinum-chromium pairs greatly suppressed both of these deactivation pathways, allowing the catalyst to remain active for longer.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In March, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI stood at the White House and signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, promising American households would not pay for the grid expansion their data centers require.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Because of the pandemic, the night out event was canceled and the parade stood alone as the village’s participation in the national event.
    Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Pocketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pocketed. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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