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as in to bump
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk
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Recent Examples of ram
Two police officers were injured after a speeding driver rammed into their patrol vehicle, Phoenix Police Department spokesperson Sgt.
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Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Survivors later said the coast guard vessel rammed their boat.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
French officials promised the Louvre would introduce additional security measures, including anti-intrusion devices and anti-vehicle ramming barriers on nearby public roads, in the wake of the heist.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Another suicide bomber, backed by gunmen, rammed an explosives-laden vehicle last week into the wall of a security post in Bajaur district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, killing 11 soldiers and a child.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
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Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 25 Feb. 2026
Survivors later said the coast guard vessel rammed their boat.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
French officials promised the Louvre would introduce additional security measures, including anti-intrusion devices and anti-vehicle ramming barriers on nearby public roads, in the wake of the heist.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
Another suicide bomber, backed by gunmen, rammed an explosives-laden vehicle last week into the wall of a security post in Bajaur district in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, killing 11 soldiers and a child.
—ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ram
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Even a small push or bump during repairs can send a spacecraft tumbling, making operations risky and difficult to control.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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And yet the Democrat is bumping along near the bottom, a blip in polls and a laggard in the money chase.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Design The Callum Designs production facility is crammed with cool cars, including an achingly gorgeous Aston Martin Vanquish 25 (the company’s restomod V-12 supercar) and the prototype Callum Skye (a lightweight electric off-roader due in 2027).—
Tim Pitt,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2026
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Passengers on Monday at Houston were again crammed into the Central Concourse and lining up outside to try to check bags.—
David Shepardson,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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This prevents smells, reduces the risk of pests, and speeds up breakdown when burying the peels.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
7 Mar. 2026
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Using biometrics as part of logins can speed up this process and improve security, but that requires an investment in technology implementation and training to use it.—
Don Aviv,
Time,
7 Mar. 2026
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Another bangs his head against the wall after expressing suicidal thoughts.—
Morgan Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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On Tuesday, Freeny banged for loose balls and rebounds and helped limit Cornhuskers’ guard Pryce Sandfort to nine points on nine field-goal attempts.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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This technical pivot would allow nations to squeeze every profitable drop from their own land with surgical precision, bypassing the geopolitical chaos of distant chokepoints and securing a future defined by Decentralized Techno-Resource Sovereignty.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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When residents are this squeezed, City Hall’s predictable response has been to charge us more.—
Bradley Schnell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Mar. 2026
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Yet, Whitman-Hanson had one final gasp, as Pierre drove to the basket.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2026
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The neighborhood/area The immediate neighborhood around the resort doesn’t offer much beyond lush greenery, but drive about 15 minutes west to find the famous Alona Beach, a particularly scenic strip of sand bookended by dramatic rock walls.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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So in a way the frames from Euphoria will collide with the people walking in the show, so there will be this merging of the two perspectives.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026
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More imminently, Krugman wrote war costs could collide with fears of artificial intelligence eradicating jobs—or eventually suffering a reversal in fortunes on the market, taking asset prices and business confidence down with it.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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But in recent days, this small patch of green has been visited by a stream of mourners seeking to pay their respects to two little girls who were found there stuffed inside suitcases and buried in shallow graves.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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Heat backup center Kel’el Ware proved to be an effective fill-in for Adebayo on Thursday, stuffing the box score with 16 points, 11 rebounds, five steals and seven blocks in 32 minutes in the win.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Ram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ram. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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