warred

past tense of war

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Verb
  • The fire is fought by four engines, one water tender, two dozers and two hand crews.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • After the hit, defenseman Braden Hache, who split time between Barracuda of the AHL and Wichita of the ECHL last season, stepped in and fought Francis.
    Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Despite critics who argue that AI progress is slowing, Amodei contended that development will continue at a similar pace.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The source contended that the network was not swayed by outside pressure.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Homeland Security officials said Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez resisted arrest and dragged an officer in his car.
    Michael Loria, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot a man who resisted arrest and dragged the officer during a vehicle stop in a Chicago suburb Friday morning, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
    Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The pinstripe-laden crowd stood as Ben Rice battled through a 10-pitch at-bat against Max Scherzer in Sunday’s first inning.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Funders and guests came from the libertarian Pacific Legal Foundation, which battled progressives to end affirmative action; Arnold Ventures, which has supported charter schools and pension reform; and Stand Together, the Koch network’s philanthropy foundation (which is an investor in Semafor).
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • However, Hungary and Slovakia are the EU's top purchasers of Russian energy and have opposed efforts by Brussels to phase it out.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • ByteDance, TikTok's current owner, which in the past has opposed the sale, did not immediately respond to Ars' request to comment.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Its debt has soared from distressed levels, vindicating bondholders who withstood years of brinkmanship and legal drama with Ergen.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • After taking a 19-8 loss Friday while the Mets unveiled Jonah Tong for five inning, the Marlins scored five in the first inning, withstood two homers by Juan Soto in an 11-8 win Saturday and easily earned a 5-1 victory Sunday.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The lobby has been carefully preserved to maintain its historical integrity with restoration efforts focusing on keeping the original look including the ceiling and tiles, which have been restored to their original form.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • More to Explore By documenting lushly hirsute Japanese officials alongside their beardless counterparts, portraiture preserved a photographic record of colonial subjects’ visibly inferior status.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
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“Warred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warred. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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