spoored

Definition of spoorednext
past tense of spoor

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Under French criminal procedure law, prosecutors determine how to follow up on complaints and whether charges could be pursued.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Denver pursued Middleton pretty aggressively before the buyout market deadline earlier this year.
    Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Diamondbacks center fielder Jorge Barrosa ran down five fly balls by Dodgers hitters.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
  • As Roberto De Zerbi ran down the touchline in celebration of Joao Palhinha giving Tottenham Hotspur the lead against Everton on the final day of the Premier League season, one of his players was in hot pursuit.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Police tracked the vehicle the shooter left in to a residence in Overland Park, and Lubin was arrested.
    Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
  • She was threatened with a knife and forced to leave her mobile phone and AirTag in a shop so she could not be tracked.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • Saint Mary’s trailed 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday before putting together a game-tying rally.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
  • In late April, New York trailed Atlanta 2-1 after back-to-back one-point losses in Games 2 and 3 of their first-round series.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • At least 13 people were killed in the overnight assault that Ukraine’s military said involved more than 600 drones and dozens of missiles, including advanced hypersonics.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 June 2026
  • Israel says 23 of its soldiers and four civilians have been killed over the same period.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • Yung-Shin Kung said that CTAs had captured the rally in precious metals, primarily silver and gold, at the beginning of the year, before switching to industrial metals that are poised to benefit from AI infrastructure investment and supply constraints caused by the Iran war.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 5 June 2026
  • But generally speaking, did this seem like a concept album to you that was being captured?
    Chris Willman, Variety, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • The show pushes back at the gloomy narrative that has dogged San Francisco for the past five or ten years.
    Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • Control was wrested back towards the end of the period, a sign of better things to come, even if that profligacy that has dogged them so much reared once again in stoppage time at the end of the half.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026
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“Spoored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spoored. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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