jumped (on)

past tense of jump (on)
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumped (on)
Verb
  • Canada attacked more fervently afterwards .
    Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
  • As the graph below shows, Bournemouth have primarily attacked down their left flank this season, with the axis between Dean Huijsen at left centre-back, wing-back Kerkez and winger Antoine Semenyo proving crucial.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Councilmember Bob Holden slammed Hochul for this, arguing that the city and state simply need to enforce existing laws instead of changing them.
    Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Two people are dead and 19 others injured after a small plane slammed into a Fullerton warehouse filled with workers.
    Hunter Clauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Shaken after being assaulted by a patient, Dana ends her shift by taking down the family photos she’s taped around her workstation.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Men broke into an Arizona resort room, assaulted a man and kidnapped a woman, police said.
    Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Israeli forces raided one of the few remaining hospitals in northern Gaza on Friday and burned it after removing patients from inside, Gaza's health ministry said.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Last year, Israeli forces raided hospitals in northern Gaza, including Kamal Adwan, Indonesian and al-Awda facilities, alleging they were being used as Hamas strongholds.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But the photos in that email, from camera traps in the Andes mountains, struck him as different.
    Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Puerto Rico continues to struggle with chronic power outages blamed on a crumbling power grid that was razed by Hurricane Maria, a powerful category 4 storm that struck the island in September 2017.
    CBS News, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Jumped (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jumped%20%28on%29. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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