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 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 The Los Angeles Fire Department said crews responded to the 14800 block of Pacific Coast Highway after a truck rammed into a commercial building. Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 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 An adult orca held a dead sunfish in its mouth while a second orca rammed into the carcass at high speed, fragmenting the body. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 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
  • Vintage clothes lovers will find Notio Bene Vintage, Mink Vintage, and Leila Boutique all crammed next to each other along the corner of Cukur Cuma Street and Boğazkesen Street.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026
  • There’s been little diplomatic progress since then, as the Israeli army has advanced beyond armistice lines against a shrinking Hamas fiefdom where some 2 million Palestinians are crammed.
    Dan Williams, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Last year, the Department of Energy sped up reactor permitting.
    Hanna Merzbach, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026
  • According to a crash log, the crash happened as a black and green Ford Mustang sped north on I-435.
    Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Another driver tailgated Hampton before Hampton changed across the highway’s lanes and collided with a vehicle, Hampton told an officer.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2026
  • In the early minutes of Week 1 last season, Worthy collided with TE Travis Kelce and badly injured his shoulder.
    Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 9 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
  • Earlier this week, a piece of a SpaceX rocket joined the ranks of space rocks and other wayward spacecraft that have slammed into the moon and become permanent fixtures of our celestial neighbor's surface.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the American Television Alliance (ATVA), a lobbying group composed of cable, satellite, telco operators and independent programmers, slammed the FCC’s vote on the TV ownership cap.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 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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“Rammed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rammed. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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