SNAILED Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

snailed

verb

past tense of snail

as in dragged

to move slowly the highway construction work created a bottleneck that had cars snailing for the next five miles

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Graham also dragged a shimmery charcoal hue from her outer corner to her inner corner to accent her bottom line.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Grossman said that as the Iran war dragged on, Washington started to divert weapons and munitions from the Asia-Pacific region to sustain the war against Tehran.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dragged

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The technology isn’t perfect, Walsh said; if Gus had crawled beneath a bush to sleep, the camera wouldn’t necessarily find him.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Suki, who had been with her new family only a few weeks, had crawled into an opening in an entertainment center cabinet and could not get out.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of crawled

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Twisty the clown crept around, Rubber Man made a second appearance, and black dahlias festooned every table.

— Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026
Griffin Jax tossed five shutout innings and the Tampa Bay Rays crept closer to the AL East title with a 5-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of crept

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The longtime headquarters of CBS News’s most hallowed properties—60 Minutes and Inside Edition—was recently hollowed out in a Paramount acquisition that saw personalities and producers shuffled to a center across the street.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The dispute has caused confusion for over a million potential voters who could be shuffled among districts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of shuffled

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