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as in stomped
to move heavily or clumsily
the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers
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as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
shuffle the cards and deal five to each player
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Recent Examples of shuffled
Carlos Mendoza isn’t to blame, nor are this group of players, who are being shuffled around the field like Yahtzee dice.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
While the administration has shuffled funding to pay DHS employees during the shutdown, those funds are expected to dry up in the first week of May if Congress doesn’t act beforehand.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
The courtroom was packed with uniformed members of the Miami police force, who quickly shuffled out of the courtroom as Womble was fingerprinted.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
About two seconds later, the president was shuffled out of the room.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
The midseason trade felt relatively marginal compared to league-wide blockbusters that shuffled James Harden, Darius Garland and Anthony Davis.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Growing up in a military family, Vogel shuffled between the East Coast and Europe every two to three years.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Born from the embers of the eighties band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, led by the singer and guitarist Amelia Fletcher, shuffled forward with her riffy, effervescent playing style, gradually growing more sophisticated across four LPs and an EP, without any loss of buoyancy.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
After the offense was shut out on four hits in Tuesday night’s 2-0 loss to the Angels, Counsell shuffled the lineup.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
While the administration has shuffled funding to pay DHS employees during the shutdown, those funds are expected to dry up in the first week of May if Congress doesn’t act beforehand.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
The courtroom was packed with uniformed members of the Miami police force, who quickly shuffled out of the courtroom as Womble was fingerprinted.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
About two seconds later, the president was shuffled out of the room.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
The midseason trade felt relatively marginal compared to league-wide blockbusters that shuffled James Harden, Darius Garland and Anthony Davis.
—Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
Growing up in a military family, Vogel shuffled between the East Coast and Europe every two to three years.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
Born from the embers of the eighties band Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, led by the singer and guitarist Amelia Fletcher, shuffled forward with her riffy, effervescent playing style, gradually growing more sophisticated across four LPs and an EP, without any loss of buoyancy.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026
After the offense was shut out on four hits in Tuesday night’s 2-0 loss to the Angels, Counsell shuffled the lineup.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffled
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Guest shark Rashaun Williams strapped on his court shoes, wiped them on their mini mat and stomped onto their court.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dedicating that much shelf space to the New York Yankees, as your organization gets stomped into the ground by them, at home?—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The United Nations Development Programme reports that higher energy prices, disrupted food systems, and economic slowdowns triggered by the war could push up to thirty-two million people globally into poverty.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Disasters threaten treatment The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration works with states to ensure that access to opioid use disorder medication isn't disrupted, Health and Human Services spokesperson Emily Hilliard said.—
Andrew Jones,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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With Colorado on the power play, the Avs icon lost the puck near the Minnesota blue line and stumbled while retreating.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
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But Musk stumbled at least seven times in ways that possibly put his chances at winning in jeopardy.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
30 Apr. 2026
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But when an audition for the sixth film came through, he was initially confused by the prospect of rejoining a franchise in which his character had already died.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
2 May 2026
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Not to be confused with German tiny camper van builder Alpincamper, Switzerland's Alpencamper is a small upstart dedicated to bicycle camping trailers.—
C.C. Weiss
May 01,
New Atlas,
1 May 2026
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But if anyone ever said grey was the new pink, they were seriously disturbed.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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However, the Jackson family would only stay at the Mediterranean-style dwelling for three years before leaving in 1971, as the excessive noise of the band’s rehearsals disturbed the neighbors.—
India Roby,
Architectural Digest,
4 May 2026
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Asian and European nations have scrambled to replace the crude sidelined by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, causing demand for US oil exports to soar.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) was a system of grants and loans set up in 2020 as authorities in the 27 member countries shut borders, imposed lockdowns and scrambled for vaccines to try to stop the spread of the potentially fatal coronavirus.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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“Shuffled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuffled. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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