Thesaurus results for PALMED

palmed

verb

Definition of palmed

past tense of palm

as in wished

to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers

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Recent Examples of palmed For the final punchline, Bounou shuffled right, stood upright, and palmed away Crysencio Summerville’s effort. — Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026 Al-Amri, who had a shot denied by Uruguay's Fernando Muslera earlier in the first half, put his squad ahead with a quick tap-in after Muslera palmed away a header. — CBS News, 15 June 2026 Major League Baseball wagged a finger with one hand and palmed gate receipts and a new TV deal in the other. — Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025

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The artist Rashid Johnson, who’d also made works for the restaurant, showed up and wished Humm a happy (belated) birthday.

— Emma Allen, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
The Kremlin said Putin wished Leo good health and a quick recovery.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of wished

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Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia in recent weeks have inflicted severe losses on the kingdom, with missiles hitting energy infrastructure and civilian airports, killing at least 20 people.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Economists at the New York Federal Reserve have found that these levies have inflicted a heavy hit on many common consumer goods.

— Markus Schneider, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of inflicted

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The bill imposed new pre-enrollment verification requirements on people buying insurance through the ACA marketplace, and ended enhanced premium tax credits implemented during the pandemic that drove down premiums.

— Jack Harvel October 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
Then, Hamas took control of Gaza, Israel imposed a blockade, there were years of Hamas rocket fire into Israel and Israeli retaliation.

— Daniel Estrin, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of imposed

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My whole being continues to feel the tragedy foisted upon each of us, the citizens, We the People, of the United States of America.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
And a hot young comic, Marshay (Brittney Ayona Clemons, convincing), is being foisted on Varnell to heighten youth appeal.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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