rolled

past tense of roll
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as in rounded
to form into a round compact mass rolled up the wrapper from the straw and threw it

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as in rumbled
to make a low heavy rolling sound thunder rolling in the distance

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as in turned
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis in order to knock your opponent off balance, you have to roll the log when he least expects it

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Recent Examples of rolled There’s no release date yet for iOS or macOS 27, but the company has historically rolled those out in the fall. Samuel Axon, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026 The first Fury rolled off the production line on July 27, just 557 days after Anduril announced plans to build the facility in Pickaway County. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026 The air tight-ened, blistering, as the first thunder rolled overhead. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026 The dirty vegan takes a different kick, with kale noodles in a savory, creamy vegan broth topped with corn, steamed tofu, rolled tofu skin, sliced green onions and seasonal vegetables. Justin Brown, AJC.com, 26 July 2026 The topic rolled into cinemas with filmmaker Chris Paine’s documentary feature Who Killed the Electric Car? Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2026 Chicago White Sox starter Davis Martin picked up a baseball that had rolled near the mound and tossed it to second base. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026 Kim’s wedge shot from the fairway on the par-5 18th rolled to the fringe of the green, leaving him 24 feet away from making a birdie and adding his name to the history books. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026 Martínez Colín, 50, died early Monday when his pickup truck ran off Interstate 635, became airborne and rolled several times, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rolled
Verb
  • The bottom is slightly rounded, which makes for an extremely comfortable two-handed shake.
    Justine Sterling, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026
  • Mexico was ranked second and Thailand rounded out the top three.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • New York City horse racing rumbled to the finish line Sunday, as Aqueduct Racetrack — in all its paint-peeling, dilapidated glory — staged the venue’s last live races, transporting aging fans to a bygone era.
    Lili Kobielski, NBC news, 29 June 2026
  • The building rumbled before the two finalists even got physical.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
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  • For example, New York endured weather whiplash on July 18 as the city lurched from a heat wave and smoke pollution from Canadian wildfires to flash flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms that dumped a few inches of rain in a short period of time.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • There are vivid characters—the rich, distinguished crook Brandon, the platinum-blond secretary Miss Vermilyea; Javonen, ex-military intelligence, and seedy private eye from Kansas, Noble, who might have lurched out of an early Graham Greene story.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
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  • For two decades she's turned the science of human behavior into practical tools that help people communicate with confidence.
    Big Think, Big Think, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Cyber incidents have turned loss-of-control language into operational risk.
    Paulo Carvão, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
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  • And the quadrangular system of roads — state, county and township — and all that flowed from them are a historic institutional achievement that drove broader economic and social development.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
  • In all the time since, the water flowed through that line under the many incarnations of the Sunset Strip, feeding smaller pipes that quenched a growing metropolis that expanded from about 500,000 people to 4 million.
    Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
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  • Still, that decline was exacerbated by its trading near all-time highs ahead of the earnings release, as some market participants had rotated into it to avoid the AI capex drag on other big tech companies.
    Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • With Brown and Doubs limited, the Patriots rotated several receivers alongside Drake Maye, including Kyle Williams who saw one of his earliest targets down the middle but couldn’t make the catch amid light contact from Dell Pettus.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • Sales taxes have drifted gradually higher over multiple decades, said Loughead of the Tax Foundation.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 July 2026
  • Defeated, the dementor drifted down the aisle and out of sight.
    Emily Tarinelli, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
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  • Instead of being grateful, Quiggle balled his fist, continued to yell and fought with the deputy before being arrested, Linhardt said.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • The rayon-spandex knit is soft, stretchy, and virtually wrinkle-proof, so it can be balled into the corner of a tote bag as a backup outfit and still look fine at dinner.
    Robin Raven, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026

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“Rolled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rolled. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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