roughhoused

Definition of roughhousednext
past tense of roughhouse
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Verb
  • But another sheet of emergency instructions found at the crash site suggests that the pilots had wrestled with another challenge.
    James Glanz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Financially dependent on her parents throughout her youth and confused by waves of calm or small kindnesses, Gross wrestled with distancing herself for some time before cutting contact with her parents and brothers as an adult.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • His life has come to the reader in bits and pieces, a collage, or, like his poems, a cut up.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Apr. 2026
  • People in yards cut up tree trunks and piled tree branches.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Jackson and his estate have denied that the pop star abused children.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • The mothers of the victims said Chasing Horse betrayed their trust and abused sacred traditions.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Anthropic is also testing its latest Mythos model with a select group of companies; the Claude developer claims these restrictions are necessary to ensure the model can’t be misused upon a more public release.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In February, conservative filmmaker Joel Gilbert filed a complaint to the Federal Elections Committee alleging Swalwell misused campaign finance funds on child care for his three children.
    Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That put an end to the zero-tariff trade environment for exporters on both sides of the Atlantic and slapped new duties onto Scotch whisky and other spirits sent to America from Britain.
    Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 1 May 2026
  • But what's really cool is that these are not just standard off-the-rack clubs that the folks at McLaren slapped their logo onto.
    Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • The couple carried on despite high waters, a testament to love and resilience in the face of severe weather.
    Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And so Lobanov and Stetsenko carried on with their plans, exchanging vows at the Palace of Culture and then heading to a nearby café with their guests to celebrate.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That says a lot about Michael rescuing other people who felt that they were being abused, mistreated.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Advocates say the family is worried that if they're returned to Egypt, they'll be labeled as terrorists and be targeted by the Egyptian government and mistreated.
    CBS News, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • On Saturday, Moscow pummeled the central city of Dnipro and other areas for more than twenty hours with barrages of missiles and drones, killing at least seven people.
    Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Fast-moving storms pummeled parts of the Midwest with hail, strong wind and heavy rain Monday, flooding streets, stranding commuters and downing many trees, including one in western Michigan that landed on a man and killed him.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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“Roughhoused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roughhoused. Accessed 4 May. 2026.

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