spliced

past tense of splice

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Verb
  • Coastal flooding and high surf, compounded by seasonal high tides, with dangerous rip currents and gusty winds are all possible from the storm, the National Weather Service said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In the space of several fraught days, an already difficult situation is compounded by nightmarish setbacks.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In 2024, Jake Roos and his team at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) discovered a 3-year-old Chihuahua who was chained outside with a bungee cord wrapped around his neck and ticks all over his body.
    Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • He was allegedly chained for much of that time and was released from them on his wedding anniversary, when he was finally allowed to shower.
    Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Mali, along with neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger, has long battled an insurgency by armed militants, including some allied with al-Qaida and the Islamic State group.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Under Sharaa, Syria’s central government is now closely allied to the Arab Gulf countries that have long been Iran’s regional rivals.
    Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The world’s fourth-largest carmaker said Tuesday the investment will support the introduction of five new vehicles, including a Dodge Durango to be built in Detroit and a midsize truck to be assembled in Toledo, Ohio.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Structurally Reddit’s league deals resemble those assembled by other social platforms, with leagues making a commitment to post and sharing ad-revenue attached to content.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At one point, Terrill, who was wearing long acrylic fingernails, hooked her finger on one cuff to prevent the Agents from latching the second cuff onto her wrist.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
  • From there, the younger Williams was hooked, enrolling in weekly lessons with a neighborhood music teacher.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The trailer then cuts to scenes of characters flipping the bird, Kardashian getting hitched and — eventually — things totally falling apart.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The original Golden Bachelor is getting hitched again.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There's also a larger 280-mm disc mated to a Brembo floating caliper at the rear, and premium Brembo Stylema monobloc radial calipers with two 330-mm discs at the front for plenty of stopping power.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The mill is mated to a dual-clutch racing gearbox that allows for faster shifting and produces 814 horses.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The players clustered near him in the clubhouse after Game 5, goggles strapped around commemorative ALCS caps.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • As of Friday afternoon, the worst of the thunderstorms were clustered near Las Vegas.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Spliced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spliced. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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