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as in bumped
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 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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as in sped
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 rammed
Two other cops suffered minor injuries when the suspect rammed into their vehicles.
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Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
That drew the ire of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who rammed through a new draft-lottery format in response.
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Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The couple said a person in another vehicle intentionally rammed their vehicle multiple times for unknown reasons.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Pino was on the wrong side of the channel when the Robalo rammed into the steel channel marker, sending himself and all 13 of his passengers into the water.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2026
The stadium went silent in the 14th minute when Abunada was left splayed out on the grass after Remo Freuler rammed his leg into the keeper’s head in the box.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
The teen got in his car, then rammed into his father’s truck, officials wrote.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
In one accident, a driver lost control of a car that rammed into a restaurant’s terrace, leaving two people wounded including one seriously, Nuñez said.
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ABC News,
31 May 2026
Though most were peaceful, in Ithaca, New York, a man rammed a converted school bus into a theatre lobby.
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Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2026
That drew the ire of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, who rammed through a new draft-lottery format in response.
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Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
The couple said a person in another vehicle intentionally rammed their vehicle multiple times for unknown reasons.
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Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Pino was on the wrong side of the channel when the Robalo rammed into the steel channel marker, sending himself and all 13 of his passengers into the water.
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Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2026
The stadium went silent in the 14th minute when Abunada was left splayed out on the grass after Remo Freuler rammed his leg into the keeper’s head in the box.
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Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
The teen got in his car, then rammed into his father’s truck, officials wrote.
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Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
In one accident, a driver lost control of a car that rammed into a restaurant’s terrace, leaving two people wounded including one seriously, Nuñez said.
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ABC News,
31 May 2026
Though most were peaceful, in Ithaca, New York, a man rammed a converted school bus into a theatre lobby.
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Isaac Butler,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rammed
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Apple bumped its prices across much of its product lineup today, in some cases adding hundreds of dollars to the cost of a new Macintosh.
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The 24-year-old scored twice before the end of the first half, which bumped him up to 11 career goals across 28 international caps.
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Being based in southern England, its Latin language is crammed full of English place-names containing the sound /w/, like Winchester, Worcester and Wallingford.
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The catch is that most contractors already have yards crammed with the old-style kit, and while wooden boards wear out after a few years of use, steel tubes can last indefinitely so long as they’re maintained.
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District Attorney Nathan Hochman said 33 vehicles safely drove past the area before Bickham sped down the freeway.
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Bill Gates and Warren Buffett sped things up with their Giving Pledge, asking billionaire signers to give away their money during their lifetimes.
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Jayed ruled that Waldermar Anton collided with the keeper while the ball was airborne, disallowing the goal.
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The vehicle stopped at the end of the ramp, then the motorcycle collided with it.
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Pelé, Brazil’s greatest soccer hero, learned the game with a ball that his father made out of a sock stuffed with rags.
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It can be used as a super-soft full-sized blanket, or as a travel pillow when stuffed back into its carrying case.
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His last three cutter-drones raced past the frightened spawn siblings to the wall.
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The drivers will compete in authentic IROC Pontiac Firebirds that raced in series competition from 1996 through 2006.
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Moments later, police say Carvahlo slammed head-on into a Chevy Cruze being driven by a Haverhill man in his 20s.
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My jaw was slack, my eyes were slammed shut, and my tongue hung out, touching the ground.
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Like many European carmakers, it has been squeezed by fresh tariffs on its exports to the United States as well as struggling to counter the rise of Chinese electric vehicles manufacturers, including BYD.
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Until then, concern that the smartphone market would continue to be squeezed by memory chip shortages had led investors to take a cautious view on Qualcomm’s prospects.
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“Rammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rammed. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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