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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spaded
scooped
Verb
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Then, with under five minutes to play, Seahawks corner Devon Witherspoon knocked the ball out of Maye's hand on a blitz, and linebacker Uchenna Nwosu scooped it in the air and ran 45 yards for the score, setting off a party in Seattle.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2026 -
The film is about a humanlike figure whose face has been scooped out of its head.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Spaded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spaded. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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