TACKED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

tacked

verb

past tense of tack

as in zigzagged

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Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn hit a flyout to Crow-Armstrong, who zigzagged a bit before making a slightly awkward catch for the first out of the frame.

— Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Stocks zigzagged up and down several times following the release.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

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Boston tied it 2-2 in the second on Duran’s 13th homer, a two-run shot to right-center off starter Ryan Johnson (1-4).

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Haaland has played his best on the sport’s biggest stage, scoring seven goals at this World Cup so far, tied with Argentina’s Lionel Messi and France’s Kylian Mbappé for the most in the tournament.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 July 2026

Definition of tied

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The driver of the Infiniti was standing near the back of the vehicle when a Ford sedan veered into the shoulder, DiMartino shared.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026
The driver of a pickup truck veered off the Overseas Highway and into the water in the Florida Keys on Saturday morning, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 July 2026

Definition of veered

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But a new fastest time from UAE’s Florian Vermeersch on June 2 of this year — 23km at an average speed of 75kmh — suggests that not everyone has adhered.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
The report found that excessive moisture had caused the adhesive to fail, leaving the roofing membrane no longer properly adhered, according to the lawsuit.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026

Definition of adhered

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And yet at the start of the Mass, a priest read aloud a statement justifying the consecrations as a necessary defense of the faith and criticizing how the Catholic Church today had deviated from tradition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
She was also asked to perform the walk-and-turn exercise, and the one-leg stand exercise, and deviated from instruction on both counts.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026

Definition of deviated

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Three tries in a seven-minute span, including two when Australian fullback Tom Wright was on the sidelines for a yellow card, swung momentum fully in favor of the back-to-back Six Nations champions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Chip stocks — once the hottest corner of the market — also swung sharply as investors continued to question whether the AI trade had become overextended.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 11 July 2026

Definition of swung

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His supporters have clamped their mouths tighter than the federal budget for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
With the SRBs securely clamped to the launch pad, SLS hangs in the center between them, held up only by the strength of the interstage bolts at their connection points.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 1 July 2026

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