cross-examined

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past tense of cross-examine
as in examined

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  1. examined
  2. bombarded
  3. interrogated
  4. besieged
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  • In Florida, residents can be involuntarily examined.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Editor’s picks Elsewhere on the episode, Stewart examined the recent attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of examined
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  • One anonymous parent told Fox News Digital about witnessing a child being bombarded with vulgar insults by pro-trans protesters after the meeting.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement During the almost three years since Moscow’s full invasion of Ukraine began, Russia has regularly bombarded civilian areas, often in an attempt to cripple the power grid and unnerve Ukrainians.
    Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of bombarded
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  • All five were interrogated for hours by detectives and ultimately implicated themselves.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Soldiers rushed in and seized his computers, interrogated his family, and arrested him.
    Daniel Darling, National Review, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of interrogated
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  • After jumping out to a 9-2 start this season, the Phoenix Suns have sputtered over the past month as injuries have besieged their Big Three.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The wealthiest man in the world used his social media platform X to amplify the unrest, and GOP lawmakers were besieged with phone calls to their offices telling them to oppose the plan.
    Lisa Mascaro and Kevin Freking, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of besieged
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