quirted

Definition of quirtednext
past tense of quirt
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Verb
  • Flights to and from smaller California hubs such as Sacramento and Burbank have been canceled, while Air Canada and German airline Lufthansa slashed routes from their summer schedules earlier this month.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Governments slashed services and raised taxes to cover their massive new pension contributions.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In 1849 Melville switched to full-on fiction with a romance about an American sailor who abandons his whaling ship to explore the South Pacific.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • That filing questions whether McDuffie improperly switched races after participating in the city’s Fair Elections Program during his 2022 attorney general bid.
    Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries lashed back at Leavitt.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Leo has not lashed out, or gotten defensive, or allowed himself to be pulled down into the gutter.
    Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Emery had been incessant in wanting shorter, faster balls from his deeper players, with Villa’s best opportunity of the afternoon stemming from brave passing in combination in the first half, coaxing Fulham onto them before John McGinn whipped a ball into the space behind.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Many in the room whipped out their cameras to start filming, and made the rounds to glean and share details.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Gorman flailed at a 96 mph full-count four-seamer.
    Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
  • After being placed in a government vehicle, Ferreira Borges allegedly kicked, flailed, and screamed obscenities at officers, officials said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The video showed that during the second time, the dog latched onto Evans’ left forearm and violently thrashed as Evans cried out in pain.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The Broncos thrashed the Carolina Panthers, turning regular season MVP Cam Newton into a Fig Newton.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Blond, blue-eyed and perpetually tanned, Harmon served as Groucho Marx’s assistant on the 1961 CBS game show Tell It to Groucho, then starred as a girl in Hawaii who gets mixed up in a robbery in the beach party movie One Way Wahine (1965).
    Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 15 Apr. 2026
  • His skin is tanned, similar to a Lunarian king.
    Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • These scourged the poor harder than anyone else.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Quirted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quirted. Accessed 2 May. 2026.

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