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skirmished

verb

past tense of skirmish
1
as in brawled

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2
as in explored

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmished
  1. brawled
  2. explored
  3. boxed
  4. probed
  5. prospected
  6. found
  7. ascertained
  8. discovered
Verb
  • The teams brawled on the outside for minutes, but the chants started up again.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Another worker described the chaos as well over a dozen teens brawled inside the diner.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026
Definition of brawled
Verb
  • Their bond deepens with the wry neuroses and gradually dropped defenses of many a midlife romantic comedy, though Parkinson’s complicates matters in unusual, empathetically explored ways.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The movie is notable for its thoughtful approach to themes more often explored via heightened emotions.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of explored
Verb
  • Parton brought her cooking skills to the grocery aisle in 2022 with her Duncan Hines boxed baking mixes.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • But, practically speaking, none of it is imaginable or executable without digital technologies that are fundamentally black-boxed, inscrutable to individual cops on the beat and institutional decision-makers alike.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of boxed
Verb
  • That batch, including interviews with national security officials in the Clinton and Bush administrations, was a product of the commission that probed the attacks from 2002 to 2004.
    — Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Roman will spend more than a quarter of its planned five-year primary mission observing this 10,000-light-year-wide region, which is so sprawling and thick with stars that previous telescopes have scarcely probed its depths.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of probed
Verb
  • With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The arena serves as the home arena for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL and has been prospected as a venue for a new or re-located National Hockey League team in Quebec City.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of prospected
Verb
  • Contour Circuits, founded by Secor and former graduate student Jeremy Rurup, received a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer contract to advance the technology.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
  • At Micam, curation takes place in sections like the Emerging Designer event area, founded in 2018.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • The nationalities of 111 other missing people had yet to be ascertained, authorities said.
    — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The only clear purpose that can be ascertained from the statute is that it is supposed to encourage the investment of new capital in low-income communities.
    — Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of ascertained
Verb
  • The animals were discovered on Friday in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home to pastoral tribal communities that raise cattle.
    — Kristin Wright, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The group discovered early just how much responsibility for the community’s parks, landscaping and common areas rested with private organizations.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of discovered
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