Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rampaged
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In Watsonville, a Pajaro Valley school board member publicly ranted against the Jewish community, and at a Berkeley Unified school board meeting, a mother reporting Jewish slurs was mocked, and subsequently her job information was posted online, the suit states.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026 -
For several minutes, Nathan ranted about the conditions in the jail.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2026
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Jets coach Aaron Glenn raved about Smith’s command of the huddle, his grasp of the offense, his ability to make sure everyone is in the right place and knows where they’re supposed to be.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Lohner gets the nod for the moment after Payton raved about him earlier in May, especially because Payton was particularly impressed with Lohner’s physicality and blocking.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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His successors, Michael Dolphin and Geneva Robinson, carried on this sense of mission.—
Michael Bernick,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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That would be a fitting tribute, and one that could be carried on throughout the NASCAR season and beyond, in much the way Alan Kulwicki’s reverse victory lap has long threaded its way through the sport.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
23 May 2026
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Trump blustered and lied and displayed himself in the worst possible light, of course, but Reza Pahlavi, the Shah’s son who lives in the United States and who many Iranians had reluctantly come to regard as a possible leader, also played his hand extremely badly.—
Daniel Drake,
The New York Review of Books,
16 May 2026
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Trump has blustered, contradicted himself publicly, ramped-up rhetorically and then backed down, mostly without receiving obvious concessions.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
26 Jan. 2026
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As heir to the throne, Elizabeth ultimately took on a role she wasn't born for.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
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Remaining crew members then took on supplies and set course for the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, the ship’s operator Oceanwide Expeditions said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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Some neighbors fulminated against the university, arguing that the extra events would bring more noise and traffic, and that the property tax-exempt institution would not pay its fair share.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Predictably, Khomeini fulminated about Carter’s visit.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Bromley raged against the director’s gutlessness, but Adele was competing against actors with a hundred times more experience.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Trump raged against Cooper's decision in a lengthy Truth Social post on Friday, but appeared willing to acquiesce.—
Brooke Migdon,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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“Rampaged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rampaged. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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