Thesaurus results for SIDESWIPED

sideswiped

verb

past tense of sideswipe

as in hit

US to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle The taxi sideswiped a parked car.

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Recent Examples of sideswiped His car sideswiped a wooden bridge. — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026 Miles, who also has a Glenwood address, ran away after his vehicle sideswiped an individual attempting to start a car, police said. — Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026 Authorities allege Brumley was behind the wheel of a southbound Mitsubishi sedan that sideswiped a northbound sports utility vehicle. — David Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2026 Authorities say a semi truck driver in southern Minnesota sideswiped another vehicle Tuesday morning, causing a collision with a third car and killing one of the drivers. — Anthony Bettin, CBS News, 17 June 2026 The driver sideswiped one vehicle near Exit 33, then continued and caused a three-vehicle crash at milepost 32 beneath the Middleton Road overpass, the post states. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026 The Mazda6 driver exited onto Ohio 747 where the vehicle sideswiped a silver SUV before driving northbound. — Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Mar. 2026 Police canvassing the area found the victim behind the wheel of a gray Chevrolet Equinox with a Florida license plate that sideswiped three vehciles before coming to a stop outside the Coney Island Houses, about a block from where the shooting was reported. — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026

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Against Cardinals’ starting pitcher Matthew Liberatore, the Braves mustered just one hit and one run through five innings of an eventual 5-3 loss.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
Thomas had hit a leadoff double, but Michael Massey, Salvador Perez and John Rave failed to drive him in.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Definition of hit

Verb

The controversy only exploded the very next week when it was revealed the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) re-implemented a pilot program that bumped every girl who finished behind the trans athlete up by one spot on the podium.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
The sum total of their spending has bumped Haley Stevens by four points.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of bumped

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In May, a minibus rammed into a bus parked along a motorway in northwest Pakistan, killing 17 people and injuring five others.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
In May, a frightened horse rammed into another carriage, causing the vehicle to flip over, injuring the driver.

— ANDREA SACHS THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2026

Definition of rammed

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Two weeks before Maria hit, Hurricane Irma swiped past the island’s northeast corner as a Category 5 storm, also knocking out power.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
That tactic may situate this work within a lineage that includes Jacques Villeglé and Mimmo Rotella, artists who used swiped, torn ads during the postwar era.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of swiped

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The suspect’s vehicle entered a closed roadway on Interstate 20 at the 420 exit near Aledo and struck an 18-wheeler, the release states.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 July 2026
According to the department, a third-party contractor accidentally struck a power line while working in the area, causing a brief power outage at the Adamsville Pump Station.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 1 July 2026

Definition of struck

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Tatis led off and knocked Boyd's fifth pitch over the left-field bleachers onto Waveland Avenue, before Chicago answered in the bottom of the inning when Seiya Suzuki scored on Carson Kelly's RBI single.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Kale said her 11-year-old and 16-year-old sons knocked the bat off her and killed it.

— Kelli Arseneau, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Definition of knocked

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Mexican keeper Raúl Rangel charged out and collided with Gordon and was immediately whistled for a penalty.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
While playing center field for Double-AA Midland on Tuesday, Lasko and right fielder Devin Taylor collided while going for a ball in the gap.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026

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