as in to squeeze
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
reamed a whole new generation of suckers with a variation of the Ponzi scheme
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Recent Examples of ream
But not before community members reamed the board for slashing jobs and reducing student services to dig the district out of a $3.9 million deficit.
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Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Trump reamed both sides for bombing each other and urged Israel against taking further action, subsequently announcing that Israel agreed and that the ceasefire remained in effect.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 24 June 2025
In front of a large group in the company cafeteria, including more than a hundred executives, Huang reamed out the chip architect responsible for the error.
—Katie Notopoulos, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
The injunction from Reyes perhaps came as expected after the judge had reamed out two separate DOJ attorneys in two different hearings ahead of issuing it.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Trump reamed both sides for bombing each other and urged Israel against taking further action, subsequently announcing that Israel agreed and that the ceasefire remained in effect.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 24 June 2025
In front of a large group in the company cafeteria, including more than a hundred executives, Huang reamed out the chip architect responsible for the error.
—Katie Notopoulos, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
The injunction from Reyes perhaps came as expected after the judge had reamed out two separate DOJ attorneys in two different hearings ahead of issuing it.
—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ream
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Skiers and snowboarders trying to squeeze the last bits of winter fun from Colorado‘s meager snowpack will have one less option after this week, with Vail Resort set to close 11 days sooner than planned.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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The disruption has not only sent fuel prices soaring, but has squeezed supplies of petrochemicals needed to make everyday items like shoes, clothing and plastic bags.—
Stephanie Yang,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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Ten miles away, members of the Navy's SEAL Team Six plucked the missing weapons system officer from the mountainside.—
Lucia I Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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The United States pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy lines before setting off a complicated extraction of the second service member who hid deep in the mountains as Tehran called for Iranians to help capture him.—
Seung Min Kim,
Fortune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The chat room was on fire, because Magnus Carlsen had lost to the kid—Hans Niemann—and then implied that Hans had cheated.—
Ben Mezrich,
Vanity Fair,
6 Apr. 2026
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Most people would agree that cheating and planning a school shooting are hardly equal offenses, and Borgli doesn't totally stick the landing by sweeping Emma's past impulses under the rug.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Semi-screwed There’s a world in which Colby was the most screwed over by the rock draw — because Dee and Emily are friends who already played together, and both were aligned with Cirie — but that world is one in which he was not injured and likely limping out of the game anyway.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Apr. 2026
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As if she’d been presented with a tidy, screw-like riddle from the Sphynx.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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Anthropic leaks its code; Mercor stung by data breach.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Santos stung a volley from outside the box midway through the second half after juggling the ball with her knee, but Silkowitz dived to her right to push the ball wide of the post.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The first film came out in spring 2020 when everyone was stuck at home during Covid.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2026
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But when one song is so dominant that everything else disappears in its shadow, the label tends to stick.—
Ryan Brennan
April 8,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The dads and sons hustled to a nearby dirt patch.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota pulled even in the fourth when Byron Buxton hustled home on sacrifice fly by Josh Bell.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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His snapper and one-timer are borderline elite and can cleanly beat goalies from anywhere in the offensive zone (the puck really rattles off his blade).—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The Swedish winger snapped a shot from the high slot that beat Dostal glove-side for his team-leading 73rd point.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Ream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ream. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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