spoored

Definition of spoorednext
past tense of spoor

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoored
Verb
  • Massiel Taveras was crowned Miss Dominican Republic in 2007 and has pursued acting since, finding success in the Latino market.
    Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Death, stomach loss for earlier patients Not every patient who died after an operation by Heider had pursued weight loss surgery.
    Amber Gaudet Updated February 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors said Haney intentionally drove his SUV onto the Commonwealth Avenue Mall near the intersection with Hereford Street and ran down Axelrod, who was walking his dog at the time.
    Riley Rourke, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The piers of an unfinished, elevated toll road, the Skyway, ran down the center of one of the streets, Gregorio Araneta Avenue, which also happened to be the home of Manila’s new boom industry, a mile-and-a-half-long strip of funeral homes, florists, and crematoria.
    Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • One item seen in the doorbell camera footage that investigators may have tracked down is the suspect's black gloves.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Food safety For three decades, federal health officials tracked food poisoning infections caused by eight germs.
    Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Minnesota started slow and trailed the host Badgers 18-8 late in the first quarter.
    Staff Report, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Scheffler trailed by two strokes before unleashing a 6-iron on his 18th-hole approach, leaving just 2 feet, 7 inches for an eagle putt that was slightly complicated by wind gusts flapping his navy pants.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • But seething popular anger has not abated in the weeks following a government crackdown that killed thousands of protesters, according to accounts from inside the country.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Silas, 29, and Tishauna Ballard, 24, were killed; two others were injured.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • The post included a photo of a teen carrying a realistic-looking toy pistol, which was captured by a doorbell camera in 2024, said Ziggy Azarcon, public information officer with the Irvine Police Department.
    Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Satellite imagery of the Imam Ali Missile Base in Khorramabad, captured on January 5, shows that of the dozen structures destroyed by Israel, three have been rebuilt, one has been repaired while three others are currently under construction.
    Farida Elsebai, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Newman, a historian at Virginia Commonwealth University, is dogged, and her research is important.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The Tigers, for now, seem to have tamed the road blues that dogged them previously against Ole Miss, LSU and Alabama.
    Ally Schniepp, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Spoored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoored. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.

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