shrimped

past tense of shrimp

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrimped
Verb
  • State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
    Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Follow-on attacks are likely to occur in the highly feasible event that credentials were successfully harvested from machines that opened the packages in one of the affected AI agents.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
  • That includes marine species—such as sea cucumbers, seahorses and shark fins, which are illegally harvested and sold for possible medicinal uses or as food.
    Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • Use worms fished right on the bottom to entice the subtle-striking bottom-feeders.
    Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • Because the pond has been very fished.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • But the bullpen picked him up with five scoreless innings until Bradgley Rodriguez buckled in the 10th inning and Matsui did the same in the 11th.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026
  • Investments continued to pour in, and the development boom that had taken hold in the ’90s picked right back up again.
    Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 10 June 2026
Verb
  • Software engineers have largely reaped the benefits of AI agents, but workers in other roles have been slower to adopt the technology.
    Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
  • The steel company was awarded General Motors’ (GM) Supplier of the Year for 2025 earlier in the month, and has reaped the benefits of elevated steel prices from the spring.
    Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Verb
  • By looking into how errors accumulated and how deviant the answers were from those expected, the researchers were able to get valuable insights into how the physical system was working.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 June 2026
  • The plant blooms only when sufficient energy is accumulated, making time between flowering unpredictable, spanning from a few years to more than a decade, according to the United States Botanic Garden.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • As national movements for racial justice gathered momentum a decade ago, students on campuses were also becoming more aware and outspoken about racial harms.
    Ingrid A. Nelson, The Conversation, 29 May 2026
  • The airy confines of the stately home where Allied commanders are gathered provide both the grandeur and the contrast to the minutiae inked out on vast maps in the small hours of the night.
    Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • The film isn’t interested in the ethical issues of a boss sleeping with her underling or how exactly Jackie garnered such a vexing reputation.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 8 June 2026
  • Led by star guard Jalen Brunson and beloved forward Karl-Anthony Towns, this year’s Knicks squad has garnered the attention of seemingly everyone in New York City – including a growing list of celebrity fans crowding the sidelines for the team’s playoff run.
    Sean Neumann, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
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“Shrimped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrimped. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.

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