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as in scurried
to proceed or move quickly
pelted away when the cops arrived
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as in threw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
pelted snowballs at each other while waiting for the bus
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as in lashed
to strike repeatedly
pelted the other kids with pebbles
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Recent Examples of pelted
But then the high-pitched whooshing of CAS pierced the air, and the arriving bird pelted the ground below with missile after missile, plus thousands of rail gun rounds, until the threat had been thoroughly neutralized.
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Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
In a video obtained by PEOPLE, a visitor sitting on the Sky Screamer — also known as Supergirl Sky Flight — showed visitors sitting in gondolas as rain pelted them.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Several police cars were pelted with empty glass bottles and smashed with baseball bats.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024
For what seemed like an eternity, Megan Drye, her son and her parents clung to the roof of their family home as the rains driven by Hurricane Helene pelted Asheville and the floodwaters around them rose higher and higher.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
Order had to be restored in the seventh inning as some knuckleheads with tickets pelted the field with balls, beers and basically anything that was nailed down.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Last month, French soccer club Nice said one of its fans was injured when a bus carrying supporters was pelted with stones after a league game at Lyon.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
Gusts and heavy rains pelted empty streets in Kaohsiung, while life in Taipei, 215 miles to the north, was only slightly disrupted.
—Simina Mistreanu, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
In a video obtained by PEOPLE, a visitor sitting on the Sky Screamer — also known as Supergirl Sky Flight — showed visitors sitting in gondolas as rain pelted them.
—Escher Walcott, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Several police cars were pelted with empty glass bottles and smashed with baseball bats.
—Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Oct. 2024
For what seemed like an eternity, Megan Drye, her son and her parents clung to the roof of their family home as the rains driven by Hurricane Helene pelted Asheville and the floodwaters around them rose higher and higher.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 8 Oct. 2024
Order had to be restored in the seventh inning as some knuckleheads with tickets pelted the field with balls, beers and basically anything that was nailed down.
—Jay Paris, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
Last month, French soccer club Nice said one of its fans was injured when a bus carrying supporters was pelted with stones after a league game at Lyon.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
Gusts and heavy rains pelted empty streets in Kaohsiung, while life in Taipei, 215 miles to the north, was only slightly disrupted.
—Simina Mistreanu, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pelted
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Last year, at the end of a 12-hour shift, his legs were hurting when a child hurled himself onto his lap.Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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Each side hurled flagpoles and fists at one another in an incident which triggered days of violence across Canada and led to multiple arrests.Lex Harvey, CNN, 29 Nov. 2024
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Charis Kai, a freshman, was nearly asleep when her resident adviser pounded on the door to her dorm room.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Beck was able to take the snap and hand the ball off to Etienne, who pounded it in from four yards out for the game-winning touchdown.Kevin Dotson, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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The controversial Corporate Transparency Act seems to be getting closer to being completely tossed on legal grounds, writes Forbes’ Kelly Phillips Erb.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Shortly after tipoff, Green played peacemaker after Edwards tossed down Jonathan Kuminga after a steal for a technical foul.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Social media was flooded with videos of people emerging dazed and dishevelled from Assad’s state prisons, in many ways the most potent symbol of his rule, which had been flung open by opposition forces.Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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The ray spiders flung their webs when the tuning fork was farther away than the mosquitos had been.Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Dec. 2024
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The Franklin Fire ignited Monday night after days of extremely dangerous fire conditions when Santa Ana winds whipped across the region.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Before turning back, many of them whipped out their phones to snap a photo of the divers.Cedar Attanasio and Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Reports in British media suggest the area was affected by flooding at the time of the incident, as Storm Darragh battered the United Kingdom with strong winds and rain over the weekend.Ben Church, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Millions of Americans are set to be battered by fierce snowstorms—with officials issuing winter storm warnings or advisories for 13 states.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Popular on Variety However, much like Qatar — which hosted the World Cup in 2022 — FIFA’s decision has already been attacked by human rights groups.Alex Ritman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Others, however, argued that Neely had not physically attacked anyone, and that Penny should not have held him in a prolonged chokehold.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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The Fading Allure Of The Annual Upgrade In the golden age of automotive innovation during the 1950s and 1960s, each new model year brought excitement and innovative features that drove consumers to dealerships.Stephen Wakeling, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Shortly after getting together, Ball and Posen rented a car and drove across the country, staying at Best Westerns and Hampton Inns along the way.Irina Aleksander, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Pelted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pelted. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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