tooled

past tense of tool
as in drove
to travel by a motorized vehicle I spent some time tooling around town today

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Recent Examples of tooled When the season ended, Payton and general manager George Paton could have re-tooled the personnel on defense or let a couple of key contributors go. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025 Hayes’ arrangements are machine-tooled to immersive perfection. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
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drove
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  • Megadeals valued at $10 billion or more drove the surge, with 49 such transactions announced thus far this year, the highest on record for nine months, according to the firm's data.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Schneider and Sida got in a car early Monday and drove to get Francine.
    John Raby, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Tooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tooled. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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