waded (through)

verb

past tense of wade (through)
as in slogged (through)

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  1. turned over
  2. devoured
  3. scanned
  4. reread
Verb
  • Friday's dismissal ends that appeal, allowing the recordings and transcripts to be turned over under the court's order.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 25 July 2026
  • After officers were unable to reach the woman, the case was turned over to the department’s investigations bureau, the department said.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Definition of turned over
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  • New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Missouri were recently devoured into a national fund.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Apocalyptic footage shows a Canadian train crew trapped in their locomotive as it’s devoured by a wildfire.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026
Definition of devoured
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  • Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
  • The Addiction Hiding Behind ‘Getting Even’ Neuroscientists have scanned the brains of people who experience a grievance and then have a chance at payback.
    — Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of scanned
Verb
  • That film focuses considerable screentime on the drama involving Penelope in Ithaca—more a framing device in the original poem—similarly reflects the current moment’s impulse to reread the epics through its women.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Some card descriptions are a bit wordy, forcing pauses to reread during your first attempts.
    — Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026
Definition of reread
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“Waded (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waded%20%28through%29. Accessed 27 Jul. 2026.

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