TACKED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

tacked

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past tense of tack

as in zigzagged

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Intimidatingly cool teenagers zigzagged through the crowd on BMX bikes.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 29 July 2026
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

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Citizen Bank Park’s 116 park factor for home runs since 2025 ranks tied for fourth.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator later determined the newborn died by homicide, finding that the child died from entrapment after being placed and tied inside a plastic trash bag beneath bloody paper towels and other garbage.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of tied

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While taxiing on the water, the seaplane reportedly veered left and failed to respond to corrective efforts before striking a dock and sinking in approximately 100 feet of water.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
The Fast and Furious veered off the road with its last two efforts.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026

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Earlier versions adhered more closely to the facts of what happened to Pam.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of adhered

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The Costa Concordia allegedly deviated from its planned route around the Mediterranean Sea to do this.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
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

Definition of deviated

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And the pendulum has swung on hormone therapy; medical groups now recommend it again for many patients, after years of cautioning against it.

— Mara Gordon, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
As supply chains stabilized, however, the pendulum swung the other way, and many businesses were left with too much inventory on hand.

— JP Shaffer, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026

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Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
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

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