glided

past tense of glide

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for glided
Verb
  • The price in 2024 hovered around the dollar mark.
    Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
  • In Gabon, youth unemployment has hovered above 35% in recent years.
    Richard Aidoo, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The plan, reported in January in The Age newspaper, has been floated by the three most powerful and richest cricket nations - India, Australia and England who would be part of a top tier consisting of seven teams.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • However, she has been floated as a potential 2028 presidential contender.
    Julia Manchester, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The movie slipped to fifth, third, and sixth ranks in the following weeks.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The city slipped into a recession, and things got harder.
    Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • George swept the Irish in a 2017-19 home-and-home.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The Cavs would get swept in the NBA Finals, but everybody knew James was here to win from that point on.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Glided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glided. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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