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as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours
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as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease
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Recent Examples of cruised
Both teams had cruised to the Final Four, each winning easily in the first four rounds.
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Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Both teams had cruised to the Final Four, each winning in the first four rounds of the tournament easily.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
King and Ingram had the final two baskets in a 12-0 run to begin the third quarter and Marshall cruised to the finish.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Both teams had cruised to the Final Four, each winning in the first four rounds of the tournament easily.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Ace right-hander Jacob deGrom, making his first start of the season after being scratched Saturday with a neck injury, cruised through the first four innings and almost made if out of the fifth, but Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run double to tie the game at 3.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Then Charlotte stretched its legs and cruised to the finish.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
The Huskies took off on a 30-0 sprint than spanned both halves and cruised to a 77-52 win and a spot in the Final Four.
—From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Backed by a boisterous pro-Pios crowd, DU cruised past Cornell in the opening round of the NCAA tournament with a 5-0 win Friday at Blue Arena.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
Both teams had cruised to the Final Four, each winning in the first four rounds of the tournament easily.
—Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
King and Ingram had the final two baskets in a 12-0 run to begin the third quarter and Marshall cruised to the finish.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Both teams had cruised to the Final Four, each winning in the first four rounds of the tournament easily.
—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
Ace right-hander Jacob deGrom, making his first start of the season after being scratched Saturday with a neck injury, cruised through the first four innings and almost made if out of the fifth, but Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson hit a two-run double to tie the game at 3.
—Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Then Charlotte stretched its legs and cruised to the finish.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2026
The Huskies took off on a 30-0 sprint than spanned both halves and cruised to a 77-52 win and a spot in the Final Four.
—From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 31 Mar. 2026
Backed by a boisterous pro-Pios crowd, DU cruised past Cornell in the opening round of the NCAA tournament with a 5-0 win Friday at Blue Arena.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruised
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Colorado has 18 wolves outfitted with collars, plus pups and others that wandered from neighboring states.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Owners stood beside their cars on the lawn, residents and visitors wandered freely through the park, and hot rods shared space with antiques and other classic automobiles.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2026
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And from there, the rest of the show flowed, with little ebb.—
Theoden Janes,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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Our destination was the Mississippi Canyon—an incision, now underwater, that formed roughly thirty thousand years ago, when the Mississippi flowed more than a hundred kilometres past its modern-day delta.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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For cruisers who have sailed on Icon-class ships previously, returning features like the Pearl kinetic art sculpture, the open-air Central Park, the AquaTheater and Absolute Zero will all feel familiar.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2026
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The vessels — the CSCL Indian Ocean and CSCL Arctic Ocean — sailed out of the Gulf in close formation and are now moving at elevated speed toward the Gulf of Oman, MarineTraffic data indicates.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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If the dinosaurs and woolly mammoths that once roamed the Earth had since crumbled into dust, then what hope was there for humanity?—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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And the crowd stayed to watch as six hundred young skiers—many of whom were little girls, with glitter on their cheeks—glided around the ski track in the stadium and then stood there in a phalanx, an honor guard as Diggins took a ceremonial last lap.—
Bill McKibben,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
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After Joel Edmundson stepped up to hit Benson, Carrick scooped up the loose puck and glided across the crease for a backhand goal.—
Andrew Knoll,
Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
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On Monday, Rangers manager Skip Schumaker strolled to the mound in the fifth inning to tell his pitcher Carter Baumler something.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Madison Booker set the Longhorns' scoring record for the NCAA Tournament as Texas shook off an early test from Oregon and strolled to 100-58 victory at Moody Center.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026
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The vessel remained afloat and drifted towards Libya's coast, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature, a global conservation organization.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The stricken Dannebroge slowly drifted northward and exploded.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Kenzel Lantano notched 10 aces, 26 assists and three digs, while Riches Tep had 16 kills and four digs as Lynn Classical (1-0) swept Wakefield 3-0 in nonleague action.—
Tyler McManus,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Sea Kings setter had 20 assists when Corona del Mar swept Huntington Beach in a Sunset League match this month.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Cruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruised. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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