as in to trudge
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Recent Examples of wade
Do not try to attempt to drive or wade through floodwaters.
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Brandon Downs, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Residents wade through floodwaters Thursday in Petit-Goâve, Haiti.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Most don’t want to wade through endless pop-ups and PDFs to get one number or flight time.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Waders will be available for those who don't want to wade wet or students may bring their own waders.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
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Brandon Downs, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Residents wade through floodwaters Thursday in Petit-Goâve, Haiti.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Most don’t want to wade through endless pop-ups and PDFs to get one number or flight time.
—The Ai Insider, Interesting Engineering, 27 Oct. 2025
Waders will be available for those who don't want to wade wet or students may bring their own waders.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wade
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Players and staff reloaded onto the team bus and trudged back into the city to hunker down at a hotel for the night.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
1 Feb. 2026
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And no matter how intense the resistance, young Jalen would trudge ahead, willing his legs to move faster, farther, to finish each layup.—
Mirin Fader,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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As people fled, government forces closed off the main exits of the market toward the street and directly shot at people trying to flee the flames, Saman said.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Jimmy Richardson flew Dorothy and Elvera French to Los Angeles, where newshawks tried to squeeze one more story out of them about their former houseguest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Beijing is well known for turning to a playbook of economic countermeasures to exert pressure.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Judges tasked with overseeing settlements may have no visibility into how much of an award is being siphoned off to third-party financiers, or how much pressure those financiers exert behind the scenes regarding potential settlements.—
Jaime Huff,
Oc Register,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Wade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wade. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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