skirmished

verb

past tense of skirmish
1
as in brawled

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2
as in explored

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmished
  1. brawled
  2. explored
  3. boxed
  4. probed
  5. prospected
  6. found
  7. ascertained
  8. discovered
Verb
  • The teams brawled on the outside for minutes, but the chants started up again.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Another worker described the chaos as well over a dozen teens brawled inside the diner.
    — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026
Definition of brawled
Verb
  • The historic center’s many sights can easily be explored on foot from the property.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Yahoo reported that media entities like Amazon have been explored as possible TV partners by schools considering going independent.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of explored
Verb
  • Then, Democrats, battered by their losses and contending with retirements of their own, appeared boxed out in all but a few states.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Most items still manage to feel like a value given the generous portion sizes for the price point and many tables around me had leftovers boxed up to take home.
    — Khushbu Shah, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of boxed
Verb
  • Federal investigators also probed a series of suspicious letters ahead of the 2024 elections.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • But the report includes details that investigators have probed in an effort to determine a cause.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of probed
Verb
  • With little formal education, Mulholland had left his native Ireland in his teens, worked steamer ships on the Great Lakes, labored in lumber camps and prospected for gold.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The arena serves as the home arena for the Quebec Remparts of the QMJHL and has been prospected as a venue for a new or re-located National Hockey League team in Quebec City.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of prospected
Verb
  • Randsburg, which was once a booming California Gold Rush town founded in 1895, has seen most of its residents leave over the years.
    — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, Truell hadn’t founded a company; but three years later, the venture capitalist persuaded her firm, BoxGroup, to invest in the Gen Z engineering savant’s nascent business.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • The nationalities of 111 other missing people had yet to be ascertained, authorities said.
    — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The only clear purpose that can be ascertained from the statute is that it is supposed to encourage the investment of new capital in low-income communities.
    — Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of ascertained
Verb
  • Filling in because of an injury, Tucker, a freshman, has discovered the importance of getting the ball to Davis, who has 11 touchdown receptions.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Kriemler first discovered Jungwirth’s paintings at Thaddaeus Ropac about five years ago, traveling expressly to Bilbao, Spain, two years ago just to catch the big Jungwirth retrospective at the Guggenheim there.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of discovered
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