rafted

verb

past tense of raft
as in suspended

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  1. suspended
  2. ballooned
  3. floated
  4. swam
  5. sailed
  6. dangled
  7. bobbed
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  • On June 12, Anthropic suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with Commerce Department export controls.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Barbecho’s license had been suspended since April 2025 when he was busted for drunk driving, officials said.
    — Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of suspended
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  • After the Fourth of July, the pool was drained for a second time so workers could once again make repairs for the project that has ballooned in cost.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • This tracks, given that production budgets have ballooned in recent years meaning that many more programs fall within this category.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of ballooned
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  • The idea is floated that Alice married Hagood because her churchgoing parents would not have countenanced her going to Paris any other way; then again, photographs of him present a man of striking good looks.
    — Ian Penman, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • In the meeting today, attendees floated the idea of a future event related to the proposal, perhaps to continue discussing it.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of floated
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  • The 25-year-old man from Kansas City’s Northland swam away from the shore, according to the report.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026
  • More to the point, nearly all of those who swam over the border had returned to Morocco by Sunday morning.
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of swam
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  • The pass sailed over tight end Mason Taylor‘s head in the pouring rain and into Fitzpatrick’s arms.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Murray sailed a throw down the left sideline in Jefferson’s direction.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of sailed
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  • One table housed hockey sticks and sparkly leotards dangled from a nearby rack.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Styled by Leslie Fremar, the actress wore a glistening silver dress made entirely of shredded metallic fringing that dangled around her body.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 31 July 2026
Definition of dangled
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  • One afternoon as a rookie, listening to coaches drone on in a dark room with film cutups flashing in front of them, his head bobbed.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Six young women — hair fashionably bobbed, shins covered by knee-high socks — posed in dark, modest swimming suits in the tiled abyss of an empty swimming pool.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of bobbed
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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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