as in to trudge
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Recent Examples of wade
On days with heavy rain in Key Biscayne, golf carts can stall out in the middle of the street, electric cars get stranded in rising water and residents wade through inches — sometimes feet — of flooding.
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Gran Grif, the largest gang operating in the Artibonite region, attacked Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite nearly a year ago, forcing dozens of people to swim and wade across the country’s longest river to escape.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Leave it to the fearless, small-budget West Edge Opera to wade in where other companies of its size barely dip a toe.
—Michael Zwiebach, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
The heavy rain began Friday and continued overnight, submerging vehicles and forcing motorists in some areas to wade through hip-high water to reach higher ground.
—Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2026
Gran Grif, the largest gang operating in the Artibonite region, attacked Petite-Rivière de l’Artibonite nearly a year ago, forcing dozens of people to swim and wade across the country’s longest river to escape.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
Leave it to the fearless, small-budget West Edge Opera to wade in where other companies of its size barely dip a toe.
—Michael Zwiebach, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
The heavy rain began Friday and continued overnight, submerging vehicles and forcing motorists in some areas to wade through hip-high water to reach higher ground.
—Evelyne Musambi, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wade
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Designed to crawl through tight crevices or trudge across rough terrain, X-Humanoid says they’re being built for jobs that humans would rather not do.—
Mithil Aggarwal,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Or trudge a mile through six inches of mud just to get to their computer.—
Shani Harmon,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
Verb
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But in the dark, Yara was just trying their best not to trip over young clumps of prickly pear.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Authorities are trying to unravel what led two teenagers to open fire at the San Diego Islamic Center, killing three people before taking their own lives.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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We were warned by President and Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower, along with United States Marine Major General Smedley Butler about the virulently toxic, corruptive and destabilizing influences exerted upon our government by the military industrial complex.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 May 2026
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Industry groups, meanwhile, are quashing proposals for higher taxes or stricter regulation by exerting pressure on lawmakers and cozying up to power players in the worlds of philanthropy, medicine, and science.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 May 2026
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“Wade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wade. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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