rifled

past tense of rifle

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of rifled Curtis was grabbing Hernandez, while Strickland rifled off multiple punches. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025 The pair combined again shortly after the hour-mark, with City’s new signings teeing up Haaland by cutting the ball back across the box, before the Norwegian rifled the ball past Sa. Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 Xander Bogaerts tried the same to lead off the second inning; Smith rifled a throw to second baseman Miguel Rojas to mark the Padres’ third out on the bases in a span of just five hitters. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rifled
Verb
  • Two plays after Toth’s hold, on second-and-13, Hurts searched within a clean pocket but fired incomplete after finding no one open.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The cooler will be searched and tagged at the gate.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Two innings later, after third baseman Manny Machado drew a leadoff walk against Boyd, Merrill scanned the scoreboard and the situation.
    Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • It will be required for all non-EU nationals heading to Europe for a short stay, but the fingerprints of children below 12 years old will not be scanned.
    Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Electric Era, which was founded by SpaceX engineers, is ready to release its next product, one that is designed to address energy storage management and charging power demand concerns.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Now, Stern, who co-founded Apple Fitness+ and previously oversaw Ford's subscription services, aims to upgrade Peloton's products in an effort to match its wide range of class types with its hardware.
    Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Families of the trapped -- who are said to be mostly teenage boys -- waited anxiously for news as rescue teams combed through twisted debris and slabs of concrete to find 38 students and workers who were still missing.
    Britt Clennett, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The network then reportedly combed through additional archives in search of any other relevant recordings.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Rifled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rifled. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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