sphered

verb

past tense of sphere
as in balled

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  1. balled
  2. rounded
  3. agglomerated
  4. wadded
  5. rolled
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  • Dixon-Wyatt is deservedly locked in that spot, while Simms balled it in his 20 snaps, catching four passes for 72 yards despite missing some time during the game due to injury.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Two duel threat QBs that both struggled early and then balled out in the second half!
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of balled
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  • Napa leather linings, a cabochon clasp inlaid with white mother-of-pearl, and interchangeable silk tassels available in 12 colors to encourage customers’ personalization rounded out the style.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Wells ran through the stop sign of third-base coach Luis Rojas, who raised both arms before Wells rounded second.
    — Rob Maaddi, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of rounded
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  • Out there, the planetesimals are too sparse and move too slowly to find one another often, and therefore most have never agglomerated into planets.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of agglomerated
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  • Growing up in rural Malawi, the Chawingas played with the boys in village pick up matches, using balls improvised from wadded up paper and plastic.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Socks Are Inside Other Clothes Did the sock actually enter another space-time continuum—or did it get wadded up in someone's pant leg?
    — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 5 Jan. 2026
Definition of wadded
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  • Anyone who could look Bob Dylan dead in the eyes as a 10-year-old and sing one of his most famous songs, as film cameras rolled, is no stranger to pressure.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026
  • South Carolina visited last week, and Alabama rolled to a 31-point victory.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of rolled
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“Sphered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sphered. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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