shinnied

Definition of shinniednext
past tense of shinny

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Verb
  • The smugglers let him aboard, and the boy clambered around hatches that, if opened, would reveal dozens of felonies worth of illicit cargo.
    Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026
  • At another point, a ranger waded through the mud of a mangrove forest and clambered into a mangrove to catch a bird for a blood sample, before doing the same trek in reverse to put it back.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Wang Zhao | Afp | Getty Images A mysterious AI video model that has ascended global leaderboards has been confirmed as a project from Chinese tech giant Alibaba, in a development that could boost the company's artificial intelligence ambitions.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The allegations come as Swalwell – a congressman from the San Francisco Bay Area, former presidential candidate, and fixture on cable news – has ascended in the polls in California’s competitive governor’s race.
    Allison Gordon, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Shinnied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shinnied. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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