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as in swung
to change the course or direction of (something)
wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off
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as in turned
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced
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as in rotated
to move in circles around an axis or center
she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down
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as in curved
to turn away from a straight line or course
the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city
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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction
upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them
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Recent Examples of wheeled
Container traffic is flat while wheeled and tracked cargo, such as autos, has experienced a double-digit decline for the fiscal year through February, Ports Authority CEO Griff Lynch told his board of directors Tuesday.
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Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Returning to the stage for some entertaining remarks while the piano was wheeled onstage for a Mozart concerto, Orozco-Estrada joked that he hadn’t been invited back to Davies in nine years.
—Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
The lottery commission wheeled in several dozen ticket terminals for use by the syndicate.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
After O’Brien’s lifeless body is wheeled out, a name plaque with a new host is put on the door.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026
Returning to the stage for some entertaining remarks while the piano was wheeled onstage for a Mozart concerto, Orozco-Estrada joked that he hadn’t been invited back to Davies in nine years.
—Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2026
The lottery commission wheeled in several dozen ticket terminals for use by the syndicate.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
After O’Brien’s lifeless body is wheeled out, a name plaque with a new host is put on the door.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
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Most recently, Verbeek swung a deadline deal for longtime Washington defenseman John Carlson, who has scored 12 points in 13 games during Anaheim’s playoff charge.—
Greg Beacham,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Gold prices have swung between historic highs and lower levels since late 2025, as geopolitical tensions and trade concerns have prompted some investors toward the safe-haven asset.—
Liz Knueven,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Wolverines had only three swats against Arizona, but that was a 91-73 win in a game that was supposed to be the best of the tournament but turned into something else.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Entryway closets in the hotel's suites were turned into mini kitchenettes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Apr. 2026
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In the 1830s the American inventor Samuel Colt filed patents for a new kind of handgun, one in which multiple firing chambers rotated around a single barrel.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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Though most of the hundreds of historic items are held and preserved by the Center for Sacramento History, a small handful are regularly rotated out in the museum’s highly popular exhibit.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Arbat might even derive from gorbat (hunchback), because the road curved in and around streams.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Taking inspiration from the minds of greats such as Kaare Klint, Michael Anastassiades’s After chair is curved yet sturdy, a study on how geometry can be both playful and strong in one clean stroke.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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There’s been times when he’s deviated from such plans in the past for that reason.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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But during the first week of the Iran war, Hegseth’s press briefings deviated from the measured tone expected from high-ranking military officials.—
Casey Ryan Kelly,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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In the Palm Springs North community on Tuesday, the tornado whipped across a lake and a couple of residential blocks, according to weather service meteorologist Ana Torres-Vazquez.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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As the Orion capsule whipped around the back side of the moon Monday, Earth was out of sight — and the crew was unable to communicate to Mission Control for about 40 minutes due to the moon blocking a connection to the Deep Space Network.—
Brendan Byrne,
NPR,
7 Apr. 2026
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After each song ended, another woman looked to him eagerly, hoping for her turn to be twirled on the floor.—
Natalia Favre,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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During rehearsals, members of the cast, which also includes Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis, and Rachel Dratch, had held a séance in the mezzanine, trying to contact some of those who had twirled under the room’s giant disco ball in times past—Prince, the drag queen Divine.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley will return as Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery, the respective super-powered actor and ex-terrorist-thespian around which the show revolved.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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City records going back to 2017, released to The Bee, in August show Karl Lysinger’s problems with the city revolved initially around his refusal to buy its water.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
18 Nov. 2025
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“Wheeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeled. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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