WADED (THROUGH) Synonyms: 29 Similar Words

waded (through)

verb

past tense of wade (through)

as in slogged (through)

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The shooting investigation was turned over to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, in keeping with department policy.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 30 July 2026
The suspect faces criminal charges, while the five migrants who were shepherded across the border were arrested and turned over to the Canada Border Services Agency.

— Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026

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There’s a gluttonous amount of food content out there waiting to be devoured, but none of it is like Emeril Live.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2026
Likewise in southern France, where a wildfire outside the city of Bordeaux has devoured tens of thousands of hectares and prompted authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands of residents and summer tourists.

— Gerry Hadden, Christian Science Monitor, 27 July 2026

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Anthropic also purchased millions of print copies in bulk, stripped the books’ bindings and made scanned digital copies that were used to train Claude.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
The Addiction Hiding Behind ‘Getting Even’ Neuroscientists have scanned the brains of people who experience a grievance and then have a chance at payback.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

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That film focuses considerable screentime on the drama involving Penelope in Ithaca—more a framing device in the original poem—similarly reflects the current moment’s impulse to reread the epics through its women.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
Some card descriptions are a bit wordy, forcing pauses to reread during your first attempts.

— Jason Bennett, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

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