Thesaurus results for SIDESWIPE

sideswipe

verb

Definition of sideswipe

as in to hit

US to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle The taxi sideswiped a parked car.

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Recent Examples of sideswipe According to investigators, the moped driver was sideswiped by another vehicle. — Nicholas Lentz, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 In addition to getting divorced after the Fox 11 job, she was later sideswiped by financial woes and a devastating health scare. — Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The man then lost control of the bike and sideswiped a Subaru Legacy that was in the left lane, state police said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026 The victim had been riding as a passenger in a Jeep driving on Hudson Street that was sideswiped by a Ford pickup truck exiting a driveway near a Shell gas station, authorities said. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for sideswipe

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Dramatic footage shows a torrent of water hitting at the Nepal-China border.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Parton earned dozens of top 10 country hits, and her professional ambitions grew along with her career.

— Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of hit

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Fire Stick competitor Roku bumped the prices of its Roku Ultra streaming device $50, from $100 to $150.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026
When Allie and Owen decide to bump their rumpy-pumpy to next year, in order to get to know each other better, there is a relief in their compliance, like exhausted toddlers who have stopped fighting bedtime.

— Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of bump

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City attorneys contacted each property owner to discuss the type of acquisition planned on the property.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Nicholas was forced to contact members and lay out an extended plan for how the surfaces would be improved, ranging from the straightforward to the nuclear.

— Ben Jones Aug. 26, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of contact

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In the lawsuit, investors alleged they were led to believe that a groundbreaking Wondermind app would be made, advertising deals would be struck, and celebrity cover stories were already underway.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
Floods originating from a glacial lake struck the same valley in 2025, while an ice and rock avalanche occurred elsewhere in the area in 2024.

— Sibi Arasu, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of strike

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The drones rip through the hallways scanning for a threat before disorienting a suspect using flashing lights and subduing them using pepper balls or by ramming into their body, the company says.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Momota has been seen running around with a cone over his head and ramming it into his mother, according to the AP.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026

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