WELTERED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

weltered

verb

past tense of welter

as in shuffled

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Bulldozers shuffled right through the rubble to make roads that cut Gaza into separate sections.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
And before several services shuffled their rankings earlier this week, no QB ranked inside the top 20.

— Grace Raynor, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of shuffled

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Employers staggered work schedules, commuters mapped alternate routes and many residents avoided the city altogether.

— Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
This proposal establishes staggered 18-year terms of active service, allowing every president to appoint exactly two justices per term.

— Dale V.C. Holness, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026

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But nearly everything else has faltered, including the president’s signature legislative initiative to overhaul elections by, in part, requiring votes to provide proof of citizenship.

— David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
The Sharks nearly made the playoffs last season, but, for a variety of reasons, faltered down the stretch and finished four points behind the Los Angeles Kings for the Western Conference’s second and final wild card spot.

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Definition of faltered

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Actually, these are anything but those same White Sox that wallowed in all that misery the last three years — but rather a team of young, energetic grinders, the product of a near-total roster overhaul by general manager Chris Getz.

— Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
For the first — and perhaps only — time in his Iowa coaching career, Ferentz briefly wallowed in self-pity.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025

Definition of wallowed

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Once the squid gather near the surface, lines fitted with bait are lowered into the water and rapidly jerked up and down to imitate small prey such as shrimp, triggering strikes before the catch is reeled aboard.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026
Derulo reeled backward after his foot gave way on the step below, sending him tumbling to the ground.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026

Definition of reeled

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Adams’ shoulders lurched on the bench, while Richards fell to his knees, dug his afro into the grass, and closed his eyes in pain.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Initial data indicates both of these earthquakes were strike-slip, Magnani said, meaning one plate lurched past the other along the boundary.

— Evan Bush, NBC news, 25 June 2026

Definition of lurched

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Turkey struggled against the USMNT’s corners throughout the game, with multiple chances created from outswinging corners towards the penalty spot.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 July 2026
The visit comes as Garrity trails Shapiro by roughly 20 points, raising questions about how much political influence DeSantis carries in a battleground state where his 2024 presidential campaign struggled to break through.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

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