Thesaurus results for STABBED

stabbed

verb

past tense of stab

as in jabbed

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake

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Recent Examples of stabbed After an Omani national copilot — who has since been identified as 29-year-old Hamam al-Hammami — allegedly stabbed FlyDubai flight 1073’s pilot Capt. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The copilot allegedly stabbed the captain in the cockpit before passengers intervened aboard FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 after taking off from Dubai, UAE, with 182 people including eight crew members flying to Tel Aviv, Israel, on Wednesday. — Sam Metz, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026 HamasIranISISNorth KoreaRussia 4 of 11 The co-pilot on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the pilot, forcing passengers and the crew to rush the cockpit and make an emergency landing. — New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Machado had also been stabbed with a knife, which contributed to her death, the doctor said on the stand. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026 On June 12, 1994, Brown Simpson, 35, and Ron Goldman, 25, were stabbed to death outside Brown Simpson's Los Angeles home while her two young kids with Simpson slept inside. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 Emirati prosecutors opened an investigation after a co-pilot stabbed his captain mid-flight, asserting jurisdiction over a crime that also concerns Saudi Arabia and Israel. — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Dydzuhn was punched and stabbed, and suffered severe cuts and damage to one of her eyes, according to NBC Miami. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2026 The vice president also invoked Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s light rail in 2025. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026

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Workers have been increasingly jabbed while on the job as needle-style medications — more specifically GLP-1s — have risen in popularity.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu jabbed back against the prevailing narrative yesterday, saying she was never invited to participate in the WNBA’s 3-point contest this weekend.

— Chris Branch, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of jabbed

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That notion reached its pinnacle after the Chiefs beat the Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship Game but was punctured by their 40-22 clobbering at the hands of the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
As anxiety punctured the tranquility of the suburb, questions bubbled up on everything from the community’s water and pesticide use to abandoned oil wells underneath.

— Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

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Asked about immigration solutions for Congress to tackle, Latino voters polled picked investigating ICE as a top priority, alongside immigration changes like a pathway to citizenship and ending the immigration detention of children and families.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Having picked it up for its 2025-26 season, CBS then pushed it to the following 2026-27 season.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of picked

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Leaders get stuck because of a mindset, a relationship or a system that nobody has ever named out loud.

— Drew McLellan, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Still, getting ourselves out via some traction boards would have saved on money, frustration and the embarrassment that accompanies getting stuck less than a mile from the highway.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of stuck

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Pelicans swooped overhead and night herons, with spiky yellow feathers flying from their heads, goofily pecked the grass for insects.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
As Cadeau pecked his way through the blue-and-maize confetti littering the court, Justin did a quick change.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of pecked

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