second-guessed

past tense of second-guess

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for second-guessed
Verb
  • The series will also recreate pivotal moments from Carlos’ life, while Carr examines how Carlos outmaneuvered intelligence services before being captured.
    Tanya Fedak, Variety, 24 June 2026
  • Infantino endured another lesson in the limits of his facile brand of diplomacy in Vancouver, when he was outmaneuvered by Jibril Rajoub, the 73-year-old president of the Palestinian Football Association, who had asked to address the congress.
    Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
Verb
  • With no energy available to warm the planet to these temperatures, the team reasoned that the temperature must be a residual effect of prior warming either from being engulfed by the red giant or during an inward migration.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Which is try to be reasonable and reasoned, try to apply logic, try to be fair, try not to straw man people on opposing sides of arguments.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Hospitals are largely responsible for financing seismic construction upgrades, and the California Hospital Association has balked at the cost.
    Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 28 June 2026
  • Many people quickly balked that degrees such as nursing, accounting, architecture and physical therapy were excluded and confined to loan limits of $20,500 annually and $100,000 over a lifetime.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • Underground, buried fiber-optic cables can sense movement, capturing data that are also then analyzed by AI.
    Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • Shell has consistently been a close second to Chevron for high prices and fat margins, followed by the other large oil company brands, according to data collected and analyzed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA).
    Jerry McNerney, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Towering over the town is another, much bigger, Venetian fort, the Palamidhi (named after Palamedes, Nafplio’s legendarily clever local hero, who outwitted Odysseus and, well, didn’t live long enough to regret it).
    Helen Brown, TheWeek, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Twenty-six years ago, students treated a visit by then-President Bill Clinton as a challenge, and outwitted the Secret Service by secretly rigging a banner to unfurl at an inopportune moment.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2026
  • Before publishing, journalists reviewed this content in compliance with McClatchy Media’s AI policy.
    Ruyuan Li. Summary produced by AI assistance, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • The world’s leading superpower was outsmarted by Iran, perhaps because Iran’s secretary of defense took his job seriously.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, Tyreese is outsmarted by the Terminus Tiger Fan, who grabs baby Judith and threatens to snap her neck unless Tyreese walks unarmed into a herd of walkers outside.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • King concluded that Saulter was in a conspiracy to get King removed from office, and directed Arriola to view recordings of other cameras in the office to determine who was entering the offices of Saulter and Goodloe.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
  • LeBron James's eight-year tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers, though marked by an NBA championship and record-breaking achievements, concluded with his decision to depart.
    Mark Medina, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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“Second-guessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second-guessed. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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