rafted

past tense of raft

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafted
Verb
  • By some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass the pictures inside stand to attention, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space—a collection that faces in one direction, in orderly fashion, like the Terracotta Army.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • The Ministry of Education suspended in-person classes in the departments of San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepéquez and Retalhuleu, near the quake's epicenter.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Medicare has covered remote patient monitoring since 2018, and payments ballooned to over $500 million in 2024.
    Mario Aguilar, STAT, 15 July 2026
  • As the deployment has continued and the number of troops in the city has ballooned, so has anti-National Guard sentiment.
    Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 20 Jul. 2026.

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