as in rolled
to form into a round compact mass
she wadded up the paper and threw it in the wastebasket took the paper off the straw and wadded it up
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Recent Examples of wadded
The Socks Are Inside Other Clothes Did the sock actually enter another space-time continuum—or did it get wadded up in someone's pant leg?
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Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
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The parade rolled from Capitol Mall to Old Sacramento, bringing the family-friendly festivities closer to the river.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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The Hurricanes rolled to a convincing victory in their penultimate regular-season home game, blowing out Boston College 76-54 at the Watsco Center on Saturday.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2026
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But as the boat at the front of the flotilla rounded the western tip of Crimea, its satellite link to the command center cut off, Lukashevych said.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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The inclusion of chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten rounded out the trio of legendary French talents that Senbahar recruited, likening each facet of the project to an artist’s blank canvas.—
Jenna Adrian-Diaz,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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Bare root trees and shrubs, as the name suggests, are not sold in a pot or balled and burlapped.—
Dr. Lauren Kurtz,
Hartford Courant,
21 Feb. 2026
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Pare raised both hands, balled in fists, pumping away.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Wadded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wadded. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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