waded (through)

verb

past tense of wade (through)
as in slogged (through)

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  1. turned over
  2. devoured
  3. scanned
  4. reread
Verb
  • However, before it was stopped, it was found that the IRS had already turned over the addresses of 47,000 people to ICE.
    — Ken Sweet, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • As part of the Herald’s records request, the county turned over a competing courthouse proposal by another Miami developer, Moishe Mana.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of turned over
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  • If the demons find out about her power, she will be devoured.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Soon Drews noticed the speed with which her cheesecakes were devoured.
    — David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of devoured
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  • As for the plane in question, this is a variant of the venerable F-16 and is a heavily modernized version featuring, among other features, APG-83 Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
  • GPTZero also scanned 300 of the roughly 20,000 submissions to the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) and found more than 50 hallucinated citations.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of scanned
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  • Ask for the source, confirm the reservation, or reread the instructions yourself.
    — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The judge then reread his instructions on reasonable doubt before sending them back to continue deliberating.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of reread
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“Waded (through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waded%20%28through%29. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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