jogged

verb

Definition of joggednext
past tense of jog
1
as in trotted
to go at a pace faster than a walk had to jog to catch up to them

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2
as in bobbed
to make short up-and-down movements her purse was jogging against her hip as she walked

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jogged
  1. ran
  2. pumped
  3. shook
  4. run
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  • Ellison found junior Toray Davis for a pair of TDs and ran one in to give the Knights a 21-0 lead in the first half that proved too much for Chatfield (8-4) to overcome.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
  • The county’s Office of Education, run by the superintendent of schools, provides training, business, technology and payroll services to the county’s 33 school districts and 60 charter schools.
    Molly Gibbs, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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  • Xi’s party pumped tidal waves of state funds into markets, scrapped all initial public offerings, suspended trading in thousands of companies and let mainlanders pledge homes as collateral to buy shares.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That includes handling permitting and managing how much water is pumped from the aquifer by users including cities, utilities, businesses and individuals with private aquifer wells.
    Liz Teitz, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of pumped
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  • But, starting in the 1980s, the repression of 1968 was discussed more openly as demands for democratic change shook the dominance of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, which ruled Mexico for most of the 20th century.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The two shook hands at the top of the evening and repeatedly agreed with each other throughout the debate on the major issues facing the country.
    Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of shook
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  • Exasperated Cowboys want explanation for no-call on 49ers’ key touchdown pass Ricky Pearsall • WR Wide open most of the game, Pearsall looked like the perfect Niners’ receiver on his 46-yard touchdown catch, running a deep dig behind the linebackers.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Place eggs in an ice bath to cool or run under cold water 4.
    Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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