RIDGED Synonyms: 19 Similar and Opposite Words

ridged

verb

past tense of ridge

as in banked

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Big shot before the scrimmage A highlight of the evening came early when former KU wing Perry Ellis banked in a halfcourt shot to win $10,000 for KU student Addyson Devlin.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
The white Cessna banked right to reveal dense forests of Douglas fir, pines and quaking aspen in varying shades of green bathed in the early morning light.

— Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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But as the boat drifted nearby under a vast, cloudless sky, a pod of pink river dolphins broke the glassy, reflective surface just yards away, their rosy dorsal fins glistening in the late-afternoon sun.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2026
The big rig traveling in the far right northbound lane of the highway drifted, for unknown reasons, into the right shoulder and hit both vehicles.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

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Their ordinary matter — their gas and dust — swirled about and got clumped up.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
When the researchers tested what the hydroxyl radicals could do, a common protein clumped together at the plastic surfaces — a sign that its structure had been damaged.

— Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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