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sneaked

verb

variants or snuck
past tense of sneak
1
as in lurked
to move about in a sly or secret manner the little kids sneak around upstairs when they're supposed to be in bed

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2
as in infiltrated
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way sneak the topic into the conversation any way you can

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Recent Examples of sneaked Ersery, a Ruskin product, snuck out of the KC metro to become an all-Big Ten left tackle for Minnesota. — Pj Green september 24, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026 Florida snuck by the namesake SEC rival 44-39 in their first meeting since 2019. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026 Armstrong even sneaked ahead and pulled off a proper jump scare as himself, pointing out a mirror that created a hiding spot for performers. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Hutton snuck in a right-footed shot from a narrow angle in the 73rd minute, trimming the lead. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 In 2026, Southlake Carroll snuck into the playoffs with a 6-8 District 4-6A record to preserve a playoff streak started in 1999. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2026 The Euphoria star posed solo on the red carpet ahead of the awards show, while Holland, 30, snuck in behind to enter the Peacock Theater and be by her side. — Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026 By the early Seventies, Biggart had a flourishing commercial photography career, but sometimes snuck away on passion projects. — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Ryan drove the ball into the Gotham penalty area and snuck her shot near the post, beating a diving Gotham goalkeeper. — Spencer Baldwin, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneaked
  1. lurked
  2. infiltrated
  3. slipped
  4. inserted
  5. slid
  6. stole
Verb
  • Danger lurked in the shady groves of avocado trees that stretched on the mountainsides as far as the eye could see.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Rhetoric that had lurked in conspiracy-minded corners of the internet was now coming from the federal government itself.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of lurked
Verb
  • Andrew whines about the prattling women who’ve infiltrated his home, firmly establishing that all men are, in fact, terrible.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Subsequent reports revealed that OpenAI’s agents had previously infiltrated twoother websites months before the Hugging Face incident.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of infiltrated
Verb
  • The audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes also has slipped, from 90% for Season 1 to 69% for Season 2.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026
  • For years, Marset had slipped through the fingers of law enforcement in multiple countries.
    — Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of slipped
Verb
  • Bake cake until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean, 65–75 minutes.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Vaginal estrogen can be prescribed several ways, including a twice-weekly cream, inserts or a ring that is inserted every few months for women.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of inserted
Verb
  • And Ohtani slid into the Dodgers’ lineup, hitting second in the batting order for the first time this season, with Mookie Betts leading off against the Padres southpaw.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Arm Holdings — The chip company slid about 6% after the company disclosed in a regulatory filing that finance chief Jason Child sold 10,400 shares of Arm.
    — Michelle Fox,Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of slid
Verb
  • Thieves stole six bronze sculptures by Peter Gehring valued at over €100,000 ($114,000) from the garden of a museum near Munich.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In late August, a 24-year-old man allegedly stole a Cessna 172 from an airport in Hungary while intoxicated and flew toward the area of the country’s only nuclear power plant.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of stole

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“Sneaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneaked. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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