as in spooned
to lift out with something that holds liquid
scooped broth out of the pan with a spoon
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Recent Examples of scooped
Philadelphia just scooped him with the 22nd pick.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
Deep River Ice will serve Italian ice and gourmet hard scooped ice cream on select nights.
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Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
In Lebanon the dish is often scooped with fresh vine leaves; Anissa served it to us with fresh cabbage leaves.
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Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Lee was thinking of quitting baseball when he was released before getting scooped by the Braves as a minor-league free agent in 2021.
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Jesús Cano,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
The buzzy project, now in development, scooped the €35,000 ($41,650) Tin Post-Production Award at this year’s Göteborg Film Festival Nordic Film Market.
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Annika Pham,
Variety,
8 June 2026
Rafael Devers scooped it, beelined to the bag, recorded the out and sent the game to extras.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
They are then scooped out, according to the Times, and snakeheads are removed from the water and killed.
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Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Meryll Rogge, now the creative director of Marni, scooped the 2025 Grand Prize for her eponymous brand.
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Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
24 June 2026
Deep River Ice will serve Italian ice and gourmet hard scooped ice cream on select nights.
—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
22 June 2026
In Lebanon the dish is often scooped with fresh vine leaves; Anissa served it to us with fresh cabbage leaves.
—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
Lee was thinking of quitting baseball when he was released before getting scooped by the Braves as a minor-league free agent in 2021.
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Jesús Cano,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
The buzzy project, now in development, scooped the €35,000 ($41,650) Tin Post-Production Award at this year’s Göteborg Film Festival Nordic Film Market.
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Annika Pham,
Variety,
8 June 2026
Rafael Devers scooped it, beelined to the bag, recorded the out and sent the game to extras.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
They are then scooped out, according to the Times, and snakeheads are removed from the water and killed.
—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Meryll Rogge, now the creative director of Marni, scooped the 2025 Grand Prize for her eponymous brand.
—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scooped
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They can also be spooned over vanilla ice cream or shortcake.
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Of course, these cherries along with their sauce are delicious spooned atop ice cream.
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Both dugouts and bullpens emptied after Contreras walked on an inside pitch.
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The full-service Asian grocery store will be located at 200 NewPark Mall Road in Newark, filling a space that emptied out in March 2025 when long-time NewPark mall anchor Macy’s closed its doors.
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The numbers behind the downturn Wine consumption has dipped to historic lows.
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For stargazers who have dipped their toes into the world of binoculars and telescopes, prices stack up quickly and even one purchase can wipe out thousands of dollars.
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“Scooped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scooped. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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