rafted

past tense of raft

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rafted
Verb
  • The sentence, requested on Tuesday, includes two years under house arrest with electronic monitoring and three years suspended.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
  • This is done by acrobats, who shuffle themselves up a 50-foot pole to grab bags with playing orders suspended high above the square.
    John Last, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • What began as a series of hopeful pro-democracy protests in Syria in 2011 ballooned into a devastating and intractable conflict that contributed to one of the most severe refugee crises since World War II.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Looming over the debate is the issue of the national debt, which ballooned to new levels after the pandemic and now stands at around $36 trillion, though a significant portion of that is money the government effectively owes itself.
    Aris Folley, The Hill, 5 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Patrick then floated the idea of the film being ready to release on Fourth of July weekend.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
  • One longtime league executive believes that was a sign the Bears at least have floated the idea internally.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Air plants dangled from the bark of the trees, which clung onto the last of their orange needles.
    Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Its hairy red blossoms dangled over the riverbank.
    Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2024
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“Rafted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rafted. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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