hoped

past tense of hope

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Recent Examples of hoped Patients and the company had hoped the therapy could move into an FDA review based on existing evidence, a hope that was dashed Monday. Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoped
Verb
  • Manfred said the Pride Night celebrations could go on, however a team wished to stage them — or not, in the case of the Texas Rangers, the only one of the 30 MLB teams that declines to hold a Pride Night.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Fletcher and Okada wished Mark Briscoe luck in finding a partner.
    Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • John Maynard Keynes dreamed of an end to work, and some of the most radical and visionary progressive utopias today involve envisioning an abundant society beyond the need for labor.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • The Argentine support delivered the sights and sounds that organizers could only have dreamed of when the defending World Cup champions were drawn to play in Kansas City.
    Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • The Knicks elected to foul rather than allow San Antonio to attempt a tying three and the strategy worked exactly as intended.
    Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • While effectively just a wargame made public, the release of this information is likely intended to send a warning to the US, rather than actually boast about its technological prowess.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • The Coast Guard and partner search and rescue crews looked for him by air and sea, covering around 529 square miles, the statement said.
    Sofia Saric June 16, Miami Herald, 17 June 2026
  • Marsch has never looked more animated than during Millar’s game-saving block.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • However, nobody to date has proposed doing so by overturning gerontocracy.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
  • This was a decrease from the $1 billion previously proposed in the legislation.
    Trey Wallace, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • With the new wells for compact compliance now planned, the Republican River district and the local groundwater districts must get serious about conservation planning.
    Allen Best, Denver Post, 14 June 2026
  • The tournament lasts until July 19 and watch parties are being planned at dozens of locations around the Bay Area.
    John Ramos, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • DeSantis said last month that the detention facility was always meant to be temporary.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026
  • The roads are gravel, remote, full of potholes, and arriving at the hotel meant making a river crossing at one point in time (a bridge has since been introduced).
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • Lauzon also serves as a community engagement manager and designed the project to give emerging and underrepresented artists a place to sell their work without financial barriers.
    Ray Campos, CBS News, 20 June 2026
  • With a range of 50 to 300 kilometers, the drones, all made in Ukraine, are designed to throttle the Russian army’s logistics – adding a new dimension of strikes to Ukraine’s strategy as the war grinds through its fifth year.
    Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Money, 20 June 2026

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“Hoped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoped. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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