RAFTED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

rafted

verb

past tense of raft

as in suspended

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The eight pilots involved were temporarily suspended shortly after the flight, Maj.

— Elise Spenner, ABC News, 10 July 2026
At Herat University, notices posted at the entrance warn that no one may enter with a smartphone, and the restriction extends into student dormitories, where Wi-Fi service has also been suspended.

— Fatima Faizi, NPR, 10 July 2026

Definition of suspended

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Our top line grew exponentially, but our cost to support and maintain that customer also ballooned.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
The city’s population has ballooned by 30% over the last five years to more than 30,000 residents, and city officials aren’t expecting that growth to slow down.

— Noah Daly, Idaho Statesman, 8 July 2026

Definition of ballooned

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These collapses have haunted state Assemblymember Tasha Boerner (D-Encinitas), who first floated the idea of an early warning system.

— Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Anderson Cooper, and Erin Burnett, who is someone that White House officials allegedly floated as someone who could be replaced if new ownership takes over.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026

Definition of floated

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In field tests across Lake Geneva, the machine swam through the lake before flapping its wings, breaking the water’s surface, and taking flight into the open air.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
And none of us have swam in the ocean the same way since!

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026

Definition of swam

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Twice England’s post was struck but when Enzo Fernández’s sublime strike sailed past Jordan Pickford in the 85th minute, there only ever felt like one winner.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Mbappé took his last shot in the game’s waning moments, to raucous cheers from the mostly Spanish crowd as the ball sailed over the goalpost.

— Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

Definition of sailed

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Limbs and twigs dangled by threads of bark, or were scattered underneath, completeIv broken away.

— Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
Colorful embroidery decorated Bluemarble’s washed blue jeans, while printed portraits were seen on Undercover’s jeans and key chains dangled from Vetements’ jeans with unraveled hems.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 9 July 2026

Definition of dangled

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Wooden boats bobbed in long rows, their names and registration numbers hand-painted on the hulls, as men in neon vests unloaded catch and frigate birds swooped down to pick at the scraps.

— Will Freeman, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
The enthusiasm was apparent as the catamaran bobbed around the future site of Pier Wind, which recently received a $20-million grant from the California Energy Commission.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2026

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