sallied

verb

past tense of sally
as in jumped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sallied
  1. jumped
  2. tackled
  3. captured
  4. assailed
  5. charged
  6. mugged
  7. trapped
  8. attacked
Verb
  • Once Platner dropped out on July 10, a flood of former governor candidates — including Jackson — and others jumped to try to take Platner's place.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • With both blockades fueling fears over global energy supplies, the price of international benchmark Brent crude oil jumped above the $100 a barrel threshold Thursday for the first time since May before dropping back down.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 24 July 2026
Definition of jumped
Verb
  • Firefighters in Spain admitted the fires were so fast and violent that they could not be tackled head on.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Firefighters in Spain said the blazes spread so fast and violently that they could not be tackled head on.
    — Mark Carlson, Fortune, 25 July 2026
Definition of tackled
Verb
  • Mbaye, Yassine and Toure are three of five players at the World Cup who had full profiles on the platform, having been captured on film since the age of 14 in their home countries.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • After the Mac has been cleaned, change its login password because CrashStealer may have captured and validated that credential.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of captured
Verb
  • Trump has personally assailed justices who rule against him in stark terms.
    — Gene Johnson, Fortune, 24 July 2026
  • Even the urologist’s office has athletic jerseys hanging in the treatment room so that men’s masculinity will not be assailed.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 July 2026
Definition of assailed
Verb
  • Ponce was charged in the March 2022 shooting death of John Reyes, 21, at a party in north Fort Worth.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
  • D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has been charged with killing and dismembering the 14-year-old.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 July 2026
Definition of charged
Verb
  • While on the way to an audition, she was approached by fans and felt jarred, worried she was getting mugged.
    — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • If you get mugged, don’t look the magnanakaw in the eye.
    — Joseph Trinidad, Longreads, 16 June 2026
Definition of mugged
Verb
  • The driver of the semi-truck was trapped inside the cab and was extricated by crews before being transported to the hospital for evaluation.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • Last November, a 45-year-old man died after he was trapped inside a donation box in Houston and was unable to breathe, officials said.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026
Definition of trapped
Verb
  • Iran has also repeatedly attacked ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • OpenAI was evaluating its artificial intelligence models’ ability to exploit vulnerable software when instead the models hacked the infrastructure surrounding the test, broke containment, and attacked a real company, OpenAI revealed on July 21.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 24 July 2026
Definition of attacked
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