trafficked (in)

Definition of trafficked (in)next
past tense of traffic (in)

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • In the 5900 block of Larabee Court, in September 2025, a 2,024-square-foot single-family residence was sold for $2,450,500, a price per square foot of $1,211.
    Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Crusoe sold its bitcoin mining operation to NYDIG, but still uses methane to run data centers.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In addition to Iran’s crude still being exported through the Strait of Hormuz, vast amounts of its oil were already on tankers in the world’s oceans before the conflict began, looking for buyers.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
  • That oil was already exported, already going to be sold.
    NBC news, NBC news, 15 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The emails were originally unearthed during a sweeping internal affairs investigation, which revealed in 2015 that Miami Beach officers had exchanged hundreds of racist, sexist and pornographic messages via their city email accounts.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Email trail The Dallas Morning News reviewed nearly 5,000 pages of emails exchanged over the past 12 months among city officials, consultants and others involved in discussions about the future of City Hall.
    Dallas Morning News, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The teams traded blows throughout the night, but especially down the stretch.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In December, Russia’s Urals blend traded under $40 per barrel, some $25 below Brent.
    David McHugh, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Cromwell said about 300 units in Easton Street Capital’s luxury condominium building will be marketed for $5 million to $25 million each.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • In the 1960s, Thalidomide, a drug marketed for morning sickness, left children around the world with irreversible birth defects; the United States avoided such a fate thanks to the FDA’s oversight.
    Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
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“Trafficked (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trafficked%20%28in%29. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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