ventured

past tense of venture

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of ventured As the unique brand of baseball entertainment known as Banana Ball expanded into a six-team league, the tours have grown in size and scope but never actually ventured out of the United States. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 But Blue Nile has since ventured into the real world, too, with showrooms across the country. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026 Beyond his community work, Wells ventured into entrepreneurship, opening Winning And Won Turkey Legs. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 The company had ventured down this outlying road before—with the LM002, known as the Rambo Lambo. — Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026 Prada Group chairman Patrizio Bertelli ventured into sailing and the America’s Cup in 1997 and currently serves as president of Luna Rossa. — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 Carson has also produced several translations of classical texts and ventured into other artforms, collaborating with visual artists, choreographers, opera and theater directors. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Meir took part in four spacewalks, while Adenot ventured outside three times for maintenance and upgrades to the 28-year-old outpost. — Marcia Dunn, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 This year marks the first time the event has ventured outside the capital. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ventured
Verb
  • The money will go to conservation groups and local partners working on species the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies as endangered, critically endangered, or extinct in the wild.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • One key objection was the mature tone of the narrative, in which the child protagonist is directly confronted and endangered by the evils derived from fascist ideologies.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The company had previously said a penalty in the billions of dollars risked violating its constitutional rights to due process and protection from excessive fines.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Without such remedies, the turbines risked drastically spiking pollution in already vulnerable neighborhoods housing predominantly Black communities nearby, the NAACP argued.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Torres threatened to expose the relationship to her employer.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But the rumor of ad sales led to an insurrection on Spanish-language Wikipedia, which threatened to break away.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Ventured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ventured. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

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