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as in to bump
to come into usually forceful contact with something
the truck suddenly swerved and rammed into the side of a building
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
I threw myself out of the way as a car rammed through the crosswalk
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Recent Examples of ram
Prosecutors said Sousa-Martins backed up, rammed into an officer's vehicle, and then drove forward toward other vehicles and officers.
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Adam Thompson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Eco effort The top quality architectural materials, basalt, slate, bamboo, hemp, rammed earthenware, and frangipani wood, are locally sourced to reduce environmental impact.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The United Nations’ peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Israeli soldiers rammed UN vehicles with a tank twice on Sunday.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
In the first shooting, Homeland Security officials accused a man of weaponizing his car and ramming a law enforcement vehicle in an attempt to flee.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Adam Thompson, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
Eco effort The top quality architectural materials, basalt, slate, bamboo, hemp, rammed earthenware, and frangipani wood, are locally sourced to reduce environmental impact.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
The United Nations’ peacekeeping force in Lebanon said Israeli soldiers rammed UN vehicles with a tank twice on Sunday.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 12 Apr. 2026
In the first shooting, Homeland Security officials accused a man of weaponizing his car and ramming a law enforcement vehicle in an attempt to flee.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ram
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Due to the size of the crowd, one of the people the boy was with was bumped into an unknown woman, who told them not to bump into her again.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Some of the recent videos show the runners bumping into security guards and shoving past church staff, then leaving after being cornered and told to get off the property.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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What takes years of planning for many restaurateurs is crammed into this tiny timeframe, complete with design choices, menu creation and shopping, and on top of that, an actual restaurant service.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
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Hundreds of residents crammed into City Hall, filling multiple overflow rooms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Apr. 2026
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Performance turnarounds of this nature take time, and there are no tangible shortcuts that can speed up the process.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Forty-seven people died and more than 100 were injured when a speeding Burlington passenger train headed for California slammed into a train bound for Omaha, which had stopped at the Naperville station.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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But the loudness and frequency of cacerolazos—protests where people bang pots—across the island attest to the rage.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Jurors then heard sounds of banging and choking and Athena screaming and crying, the Star-Telegram reports.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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When picking your own, avoid squeezing the berries.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
25 Apr. 2026
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That’s way too much time to squeeze into a mere 140 minutes.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2026
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Daniel Schneemann then drove the next pitch just over the left-centerfield field wall for a two-run homer.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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As Sousa-Martins drove forward, another agent shot at him 13 times, injuring Sousa-Martins as well as Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, a passenger in one of the ICE vehicles who was already in federal custody.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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And yet my instinct to recoil at this all collides with a harder reality.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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Seconds after tipoff, White awkwardly collided with an Adem Bona screen while pursuing Maxey.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Sturm was trying to formulate an answer for why his team stuffed an amateur hour’s worth of bumbles into Sunday’s opening 20 minutes.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Of course, no seder would be complete without everyone sitting at the table at the end of the night, totally stuffed and maybe a little tipsy, to chat and gossip about everyday life.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Ram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ram. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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