SAILS INTO Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

sails into

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present tense third-person singular of sail into

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to criticize harshly and usually publicly The customer sailed into the server when the food came out wong.

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to start work on energetically The students sailed into the new assignment right away.

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Recent Examples of sails into Today, Ali Lamu employs artisans who transform old dhow sails into bags, artworks and home décor that’s exported around the world. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 This weekend, the live-action version of the film starring Dwayne Johnson as demigod Maui sails into theaters, with Catherine Laga’aia in the title role. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 July 2026

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What Walker doesn’t like, however, is posturing, which directly ties into his rejection of conventional Nashville mechanisms.

— Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2026
This ties into the idea that the narrator can’t see the ghost at all.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

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The figures published by Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography, or INEGI — an autonomous government agency that has at times been at odds with Mexico’s ruling party — offer the first wider snapshot of the crisis.

— Megan Janetsky, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that nearly 1 in 5 schools has at least one classroom with a short-term radon level above the action level of concern.

— Rebecca Smullin Dawson, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026

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Scott tears into the Bard’s lines — his Hamlet is terrific — and the spotlight is more on his sense of humor than his pain.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
Here’s why A buck tears into a cedar tree trunk, leaving shavings of bark all around its already scarred base.

— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of tears into

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Alex Lange smoothly handled the seventh, but lefty Aaron Bummer only lasted 20 pitches into the eighth inning and allowed a Josh Bell RBI single to cut the lead to 3-2 before he was replaced by right-hander Nate Pearson.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026
Once Jadelyn Allchin, a former UCLA standout and Utah’s regular-season leader in hits (26), runs (19) and RBIs (17), launched a two-run homer to right just 11 pitches into Game 2, the Talons never looked back.

— Molly Keshin, New York Times, 26 July 2026

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