RAFTED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

rafted

verb

past tense of raft

as in suspended

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The government suspended the use of stun grenades after a 15-year-old boy's hand was blown off earlier in the week, fueling accusations of police brutality.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Bulgarian maritime authorities said Wednesday that the search efforts for the crew of Alfa Watan had been suspended and wouldn't resume.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of suspended

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Viard watched firsthand as fashion ballooned into a global industry, designers becoming celebrities unto themselves and budgets exploding.

— Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026
But recently, as the list of contractors has grown and the amount spent has ballooned to nearly $690 million, the committee has stopped being so forthright, Rainey wrote.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of ballooned

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Ellison floated the idea of having the companies leave California if the suit wasn’t dropped, while states like Texas and Tennessee actively courted the mogul.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Beckwith, the deputy director and chief curator at the Guggenheim Museum and curator of Documenta16, floated through the room chatting with fellow honorees and guests.

— Brianna J. Heath, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of floated

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That includes a robotic ray driven by light-sensitive rat heart cells in 2016 and a fish robot with human heart cells that swam on its own in 2022.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026
The crews gave up hours later after the shark repeatedly swam past or dived to avoid the boats, remaining inside the canal.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of swam

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Aubrey's 65-yard attempt with about 30 seconds left in the second quarter sailed wide left.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
Before its commissioning, the destroyer sailed from Norfolk to Florida and then traveled to Alaska through the Panama Canal.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of sailed

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On a recent morning, surfers bobbed in the water off North Beach, not far from the rocky structure shoring up the train tracks by the sea.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
As the balloon carrying the cauldron rose and bobbed a couple hundred feet overhead, many got busy taking photos and recording videos and selfies.

— Hannah Bloch, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of bobbed

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