RAFTED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

rafted

verb

past tense of raft

as in suspended

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Zelenskyy had suspended Kravchenko from the post the day before.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Some of them chose to give up their certification and others were suspended, while the rest either made changes to stay in compliance or are in the process of doing so, Roth said.

— Daniel Gilbert, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of suspended

Verb

Prices had already been on the rise in recent years as EVs ballooned in popularity in Asia and Europe.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Across Argentina, young borrowers like 20-year-old law student Martín Taborda are drowning in small loans that ballooned into unpayable debts, forcing them to abandon studies and basic expenses.

— Débora Rey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of ballooned

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By Monday, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark floated mandatory kill switches for AI systems.

— Peter Hall, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
One potential reason floated to Semafor by market participants is that compute futures could be manipulated to show a sharp drop in the cost of older chips, which might destabilize AI stocks and debt markets.

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of floated

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Thinking the only safe way to get Sandra out would be by breaking a window, Joe swam through the kitchen and escaped out the back doorway.

— Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
All but one happened between June and mid-September as people sat under a tree in a park, swam at the beach and rode bikes through a neighborhood.

— Julia Gomez, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of swam

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And a 26-year-old naturalist named Charles Darwin arrived aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Beagle, which had sailed from England nearly four years earlier on a mission to chart South America.

— Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 14, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Sep. 2026
Tyler Shough’s two-point pass attempt sailed over Noah Fant, allowing Detroit to avoid the near-collapse with a 31-30 victory in overtime.

— Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of sailed

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As the balloon carrying the cauldron rose and bobbed a couple hundred feet overhead, many got busy taking photos and recording videos and selfies.

— Hannah Bloch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026
During the Hudson Williams look-alike contest, Hoefer zoned out as a large cardboard cutout of the Heated Rivalry star’s face bobbed over the crowd.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

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