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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
  • The 10-year yield has jumped a full percentage point since right before the Iran war started in late February and a half point in the past two months alone.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, the Royals jumped out to a 4-0 lead behind Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of jumped
Verb
  • After Pringle was tackled and the whistles blew to end the play, several players from both teams continued to hold their blocks.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Because of this, it must be tackled holistically and programmatically.
    — Evgeny Gervis, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of tackled
Verb
  • The future governance of Venezuela was thrown into doubt after US forces captured President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas in January.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Tensions in the South China Sea escalated again Friday after a Chinese Coast Guard vessel collided with a Philippine government ship, an encounter captured on video that prompted competing accounts from Manila and Beijing.
    — Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of captured
Verb
  • Kalshi and Polymarket, which have been assailed by critics for encouraging financial risk taking by making betting more accessible, are now using the promise of free groceries to win over New Yorkers.
    — Matthew Tan, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And yet 20 years ago, the haka’s future was in doubt — assailed by protests from rival teams that New Zealand gained an unfair advantage from performing it as the final action before kick-off in a Test match.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of assailed
Verb
  • At the conclusion of the three-day inquest, Lizzie was arrested and charged in the double murder of her father and stepmother.
    — Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Last October, investigators with the Vernon Police Department arrested Pietras and charged him with 20 counts of second-degree larceny and 60 counts of intent to defraud funeral service contracts.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of charged
Verb
  • And, for extra-cheap laffs, these animals routinely mugged to the camera about how awful their lives were at the hands of the humans misusing them.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Stuff like Caitlin Clark getting mugged with no foul being called, or Sophie Cunningham pointing at some obnoxious player, or ESPN drooling over a coach wearing a pro-trans shirt.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of mugged
Verb
  • Firefighters saved a 12-year-old girl who was trapped in a town house that caught fire in the Florida Keys Monday morning, Monroe County Fire Rescue said.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Some people were trapped inside vehicles, while another was tossed out into an intersection.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of trapped
Verb
  • Six of the gunmen were killed, according to police, who said one suicide bomber attacked the nearby office of an intelligence agency.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • When a wealthy, royal woman is attacked by bandits, the two men save her and are welcomed to the castle as valiant knights.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of attacked
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“Sallied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sallied. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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