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as in swung
to change the course or direction of (something)
wheeled the bike around sharply to see what had fallen off
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as in turned
to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis
wheeled the bicycle's tires around to see if they were balanced
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as in rotated
to move in circles around an axis or center
she wheeled around and around until finally she got dizzy and fell down
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as in curved
to turn away from a straight line or course
the highway wheels to the west as it forms an arc that bypasses the city
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as in deviated
to change one's course or direction
upon hearing the construction workers' suggestive remarks, she wheeled around to glare at them
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Recent Examples of wheeled
After O’Brien’s lifeless body is wheeled out, a name plaque with a new host is put on the door.
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Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The judge ordered her to have a C-section, and doctors wheeled her into surgery.
—CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
The judge ordered her to have a C-section, and doctors wheeled her into surgery.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
Torrey Pines opened a nine-point lead in the third quarter, but LCC cut it to six before Green wheeled off a screen and hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Falcons a 50-41 lead going into the final quarter.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
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Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The judge ordered her to have a C-section, and doctors wheeled her into surgery.
—CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
The judge ordered her to have a C-section, and doctors wheeled her into surgery.
—Amy Yurkanin, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
Torrey Pines opened a nine-point lead in the third quarter, but LCC cut it to six before Green wheeled off a screen and hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Falcons a 50-41 lead going into the final quarter.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wheeled
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Construction, likely lifted by favorable weather, swung to a net gain of 26,000 jobs versus a 13,000-job loss in February.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
3 Apr. 2026
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Smith swung and missed at two cutters from Red Sox starter Brayan Bello to begin the plate appearance.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Estrada Juarez turned the camera to show the sunset.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Eastlake defense turned three double plays behind him, including a nifty 6-4-3, started by shortstop Zowen Watson, to end the game.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the 1830s the American inventor Samuel Colt filed patents for a new kind of handgun, one in which multiple firing chambers rotated around a single barrel.—
Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
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Though most of the hundreds of historic items are held and preserved by the Center for Sacramento History, a small handful are regularly rotated out in the museum’s highly popular exhibit.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Arbat might even derive from gorbat (hunchback), because the road curved in and around streams.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Taking inspiration from the minds of greats such as Kaare Klint, Michael Anastassiades’s After chair is curved yet sturdy, a study on how geometry can be both playful and strong in one clean stroke.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
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There’s been times when he’s deviated from such plans in the past for that reason.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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But during the first week of the Iran war, Hegseth’s press briefings deviated from the measured tone expected from high-ranking military officials.—
Casey Ryan Kelly,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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For 10 minutes, Boyd took in the scene as the flags whipped above the center-field scoreboard, Cubs infielders took grounders and stadium workers finished final preparations before 39,712 fans streamed into the ballpark.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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This pizza has soppressata, whipped ricotta and drizzles of hot honey.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Mar. 2026
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After each song ended, another woman looked to him eagerly, hoping for her turn to be twirled on the floor.—
Natalia Favre,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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During rehearsals, members of the cast, which also includes Luke Evans, Juliette Lewis, and Rachel Dratch, had held a séance in the mezzanine, trying to contact some of those who had twirled under the room’s giant disco ball in times past—Prince, the drag queen Divine.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kingsley will return as Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery, the respective super-powered actor and ex-terrorist-thespian around which the show revolved.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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City records going back to 2017, released to The Bee, in August show Karl Lysinger’s problems with the city revolved initially around his refusal to buy its water.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
18 Nov. 2025
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“Wheeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wheeled. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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