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as in trotted
to go at a pace faster than a walk
had to jog to catch up to them
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Recent Examples of jogged
Mbappé ran up the center of the field to celebrate his 61st international goal, colliding with Dembélé, and jogged to the bench to hug Deschamps, who returned for the match after going to France for his mother's funeral.
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CBS News,
1 July 2026
Van Hecke jogged to the sideline after his blond hair had turned red from the blood.
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Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Aasgaard calmly jogged back to the halfway line as French players looked blankly at each other.
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James Horncastle,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
As the ball rolled away, Freeman jogged across the plate.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Eventually, Kenon jogged through an alley, kicked his shoes off his feet and then began running barefoot in the opposite direction from the child, leaving him behind, according to the video.
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James Cirrone,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
But the memory is constantly jogged in my case for a couple of reasons.
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Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Jac Caglianone calmly jogged to first base.
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Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
With the final seconds bleeding off the clock in the stanza, Pembroke goaltender Ryan Heraty jogged up the turf with possession, attempting to begin a rush with a pass.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Van Hecke jogged to the sideline after his blond hair had turned red from the blood.
—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
30 June 2026
Aasgaard calmly jogged back to the halfway line as French players looked blankly at each other.
—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
As the ball rolled away, Freeman jogged across the plate.
—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Eventually, Kenon jogged through an alley, kicked his shoes off his feet and then began running barefoot in the opposite direction from the child, leaving him behind, according to the video.
—
James Cirrone,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
But the memory is constantly jogged in my case for a couple of reasons.
—
Jim Ryan,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Jac Caglianone calmly jogged to first base.
—
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2026
With the final seconds bleeding off the clock in the stanza, Pembroke goaltender Ryan Heraty jogged up the turf with possession, attempting to begin a rush with a pass.
—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jogged
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Joe Biden famously trotted across the road shaking hands and kissing babies during Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade in 2015.
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About 100 yards to the right, a herd of caribou trotted past.
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The enthusiasm was apparent as the catamaran bobbed around the future site of Pier Wind, which recently received a $20-million grant from the California Energy Commission.
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Yellow dandelions bobbed in the breeze.
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Villaraigosa, who led the city from 2005-13 and recently ran for governor, argued that this is not the right time to make even that change.
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The Dred Scott decision is said to have inspired Lincoln to speak out forcefully against slavery, run for president, and later lead the nation through a bloody Civil War.
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The Willy Chavarria show was air-conditioned, pumped with Xinú perfume and felt expensive.
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But management pumped the brakes on major imminent deal hopes.
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As Sadio Mané sprinted upfield toward the Iraq box, with only the goalkeeper to beat, Iraq's Rebin Sulaka reached out and pulled on his uniform to slow him down.
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But my favourite moment of the game came five minutes into the second half, when Mbappe lost possession but then sprinted after his opponent, shouldered him off the ball, laid it off to Adrien Rabiot and then immediately demanded it back.
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Thousands of fans in Mexico lost their minds and shook the earth.
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Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations.
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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.
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Suddenly, the tent jerked and wobbled.
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With Austria desperately throwing men forward, a cross nodded back across goal found Wolves striker Kalajdzic, who somehow powered his header through a crowd of bodies to secure a 3-3 draw.
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The story begins with the historic building designed by Edward Durrell Stone in the 1960s as the World Trade Center, with a cruciform plan that nodded to the four corners of the compass and New Orleans’ place as a center of international commerce.
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“Jogged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jogged. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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