rammed

past tense of ram
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as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rammed Forty-five minutes in front of a Croke Park terrace rammed with Leeds supporters, less than a week after becoming the club’s most expensive transfer in history, also gave him an unsubtle insight into the reaction. Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026 The trial centered on a horrific high-speed crash when Schwally rammed his car into the Hawaii Nail Salon and Spa in Deer Park on June 28, 2024. Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 The next month, Trooper Amber Cass rammed a vehicle on the same highway carrying two children, ages 3 and 1. Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2026 Bader, a memorable but injury-plagued trade deadline acquisition for the Phillies in 2025, reportedly rammed his scooter into a fire truck early Sunday morning, exacerbating a pre-existing foot injury. Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Over the last few months, people have cut down surveillance cameras owned by the company Flock Safety with an electric saw in upstate New York, thrown paint on them in Oakland, California, and rammed a truck into them in Idaho. T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 30 July 2026 When the four friends reached a traffic circle, O'Brien rammed their car with his truck, forcing it to crash into a telephone pole, according to the affidavit. Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026 After the gunfire, Smith rammed his car into Hicks, according to the filing. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 The female released it shortly before the male rammed into it. Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rammed
Verb
  • Even if Claude had bumped the number all the way to 100 percent, the LLM wouldn’t be eligible for the $1 million.
    Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The company recently completed the purchase of Curtis Instruments , announced two pending deals and bumped its annual dividend by 11%, marking 70 consecutive years of increases.
    Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Hundreds of people crammed into the school gym that April evening, and the debate over Point Reyes agitated into a low boil.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Streams of cool kids dressed in all-black tank tops, slip dresses and leather pants crammed into the old town, sipping cocktails as DJs slid faders.
    Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Between 2008 and 2014, advances in an early branch of artificial intelligence known as machine learning, which allows computers to learn and adapt, sped up the experimental process at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
    Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As the plane sped down the runway, air traffic controllers and a witness on the ground noticed sparks coming from near its wheels.
    Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Four people were injured when a Charlotte Fire Department apparatus collided with a vehicle near SouthPark mall, officials say.
    Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026
  • At that point, the Jeep collided with the Mitsubishi, striking it on its passenger side.
    Austin Turner, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Brewers manager Pat Murphy singled out Tatis scoring from second base on a grounder to first base as the most pivotal episode of a game stuffed with crucial details.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • No, it’s being dragged by two large straps and rolling along on a quintet of wheels, stuffed with dirty laundry or maybe this week’s groceries.
    Max Berlinger, Vogue, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • First responders then raced to get to the crash scene and used ropes to descend down the cliff, but there were no survivors.
    Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The two-time Olympic champion from Norway hadn’t raced since having surgery early this year to clean up scar tissue on the protective sheath around his left Achilles tendon.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Four years before the Falcon 9 upper stage crashed near Einstein Crater, for example, part of a Chinese Long March 3C rocket slammed into the moon's far side.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Danon slammed anti-Israel critics for relying on fake terrorist data while Hamas actively hijacked and marked up aid.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • But attorneys and housing advocates who work with struggling homeowners say household budgets are being squeezed from several directions.
    Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Io is repeatedly squeezed and stretched by Jupiter and the gravitational pulls of neighboring moons Europa and Ganymede.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026

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