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 Hayes’ arrangements are machine-tooled to immersive perfection. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tooled
drove
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  • The company, which also owns the swankier Bloomingdales brand and cosmetics retailer Bluemercury, barely made it out of the pandemic after lockdowns strangled in-store shopping and drove customers ever closer to Amazon and other big-box retailers.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Grant drove the Aggies 72 yards and found Blaise Smith for a 3-yard touchdown pass with 8 seconds remaining to win it.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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

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