zoomed

past tense of zoom
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as in zipped
to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound a squadron of fighter planes zooming over our heads prompted thoughts of a terrorist attack

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Recent Examples of zoomed As the space station zoomed around our planet at a rate of 17,500 mph ( 28,000 km/h), the veteran astronaut was able to take long exposure images that created brilliant streaks in the darkness. Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025 Fast fashion trends zoomed by, and vintage stores got more curated. Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2024 As the sky turned blazing orange, our Zodiac zoomed past green sea turtles, whose heads would pop above the surface and then vanish. Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024 Christopher Nolan’s 2014 sci-fi epic Interstellar zoomed back into IMAX theaters for a two-week special engagement in early December. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 In 2019, the remains of a man who was missing for 22 years were found after someone zoomed into his former Florida neighborhood with Google images. Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024 Washington has zoomed past any realistic expectations for this campaign, and the long-term ceiling is much higher thanks to Daniels’ upside. Ben Standig, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024 The drones zoomed off when police arrived at the scene, the source said. Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024 Cypress Gardens’ shows typically featured stunts and elaborate human pyramids while skiiers zoomed across Lake Eloise. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zoomed
Verb
  • Over 25 flies zipped about the dishwasher area, landing on clean plates.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • When the top section (minus the floor) is zipped onto the hammock, maximum occupancy drops to one.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • Prosecutors sped through four additional witnesses this afternoon.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • From stopwatches to wearables, tech has elevated individuals' experiences through a plethora of on-demand metrics that provide a more holistic view of progress, and the Covid-19 pandemic sped this growth considerably.
    Hamid Farooqui, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • Having soared past expectations and selling out their San Francisco arena, Veronica Burton and the Valks have nothing to lose right now.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But beef prices soared — up 24% over five years — as drought has thinned herds and production costs have soared.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Cicadas hummed as the sun set over the Kansas City, Kansas, Unified Government Municipal Building Tuesday, as a crowd of somber faces turned towards a Kansas City, Kansas Police Department vehicle.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Interstate 10 hummed with cars rushing north toward Phoenix, drivers pushing to get ahead of what was bearing down on them.
    Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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  • Bradley McCroskey caught a miraculous 26-yard touchdown pass on the final play of regulation, then Temi Ericson raced nearly untouched for a 25-yard TD in overtime to give the Indians a 34-28 victory.
    Jordan Neal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Bruins never looked back, despite Sweetwyne settling into the game and engineering four scoring drives to keep the Falcons from getting boat-raced.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Grisly footage of the shooting rocketed across social media.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Shoplifting became a political lighting rod, and videos of thieves smashing store windows and grabbing merchandise rocketed across the news and social media as a symbol of a breakdown across cities.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Neural highways that once buzzed with activity are becoming quiet country roads, rarely traveled and slowly overgrown.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • At the beginning of a tumultuous time, the air at our rally buzzed with community.
    Padma Balaji, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • In the tall-grass prairies that once spread out across pre-settlement Indiana, tiny ground squirrels scurried through the wildflowers, grasses and shrubs.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Brett Ryan, aided by Robbie Carter’s young daughter, scurried to place markers at the sites of the longest throws, before chucking the corpses back to the starting line.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Zoomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zoomed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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