Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafted
Verb
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David Brown did not agree, but instead recommended that Stillman be suspended for no more than five days.—
CBS Chicago Team,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026 -
The two men pleaded guilty to second-degree murder by mob and were sentenced to 25 years, with 20 years suspended, leaving five years to serve, Fox News has learned.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten , Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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But what started as a $256 million price tag to purchase and renovate a Flagler Street building that was built for Florida Power and Light in the 1970s has ballooned into a nearly $438 million undertaking, according to internal documents.—
Douglas Hanks
April 8,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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Instead, the number attached to the deficit has ballooned.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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Mediators have floated the idea that perhaps access to the Strait of Hormuz and the elimination of Iran's uranium stockpile could be fully resolved after a ceasefire is reached.—
Shannon K. Kingston,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Knies opened the scoring after Edmundson hand-delivered the puck to Max Domi, who zoomed ahead and floated a saucer pass to Knies for a snipe from between the circles.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Elsewhere in the photoshoot, Hosk swam in a pool, clad in a white graphic T-shirt and black underwear.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
10 Apr. 2026
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The whale swam into an inlet on the small island of Poel, near the port of Wismar, on Tuesday and got stuck again.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Rice then hit a potential double-play grounder to first baseman Connor Norby, but Norby’s throw sailed past the shortstop Lopez at second base, allowing Judge to score as the Yankees took a 4-1 lead.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2026
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In 1776 — not 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue.—
Sarah Hearon,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Bennett said Nicholson and an assistant dangled playing time as a carrot to get players to obey their direction.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Apr. 2026
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Lendeborg told The Associated Press that the University of Kentucky had dangled between US$7 million and $9 million to entice him to transfer there in 2025.—
Andrew Urbaczewski,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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Red and black balloons bobbed in the evening breeze as roughly 100 people assembled, including family members and students and teachers from South Hills High School, where Washington studied and played basketball.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Apr. 2026
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Cameras bobbed and staffers thronged.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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