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 The impact caused the suspect to lose control, sideswipe a tree and go flying off the scooter. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026 After sideswiping a tractor-trailer, Garrison would pull over while the spotter sped ahead to flag down the truck’s driver. — Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Authorities allege Brumley was behind the wheel of a southbound Mitsubishi sedan that sideswiped a northbound sports utility vehicle. — David Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2026 His car sideswiped a wooden bridge. — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sideswipe

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However, without strong spending activity at home, a heavy reliance on exports makes China particularly vulnerable to a reversal in AI sentiment, which would hit sales of high-tech products.

— Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
Lanageliers started the game at catcher and hit third in the lineup while the American League won a largely uneventful affair, 4-0, at Citizens Bank Park, home of the Phillies.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

Wembanyama could have put language in his extension that bumped his salary up to 30% of the cap with any of those league honors.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
There’s Swain in a Texas Longhorns jersey, bumping defenders off-balance with his hip and scooping the ball out of the reach of outstretched hands.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026

Definition of bump

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Identity monitoring service Aura will freeze your credit without requiring you to contact the credit bureaus.

— Brian Sloan,Dan Avery, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Messages show that Gabriel Gross, a lawyer for Apple with an outside law firm, intended to contact an OpenAI employee with the last name Wang about claims of theft.

— NBC news, NBC news, 15 July 2026

Definition of contact

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But, with that ceasefire now in tatters, and after Iran has retaliated by striking neighboring countries Qatar, Kuwait and Jordan, oil prices have returned to prices last seen over a month ago.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Only five weeks before, another one hit farther west, and in no memory, living or recorded, had two storms struck the same coast in one season.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of strike

Verb

Federal officials said the man attempted to ram agents with his car, which witnesses vehemently dispute.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Over the past week, the Knesset passed several controversial laws in marathon sessions as Netanyahu attempted to ram through several of his pet projects.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026

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