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as in wandered
to move about from place to place aimlessly
the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours
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as in flowed
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease
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Recent Examples of cruised
But the 2025 rematch was a different story, as Bell cruised to a dominant 51-13 victory.
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Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Argentina cruised throughout the qualification process with and without Messi.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
But for others, particularly those who have cruised with Celebrity at sea, the new ships might offer a familiar brand experience in a very different setting.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Valkyries led by as much as 37 in the second half and cruised to their 20th win of the season.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Riding an outstanding six-inning start by rookie right-hander Tanner Gordon, the Rockies cruised into the eighth inning with a 5-2 lead.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Ryan cruised through the Padres lineup, using a sinker-heavy approach to generate ground balls all day.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
The University of Arkansas football team cruised to a 52-7 victory in its season opener against Alabama A&M on Saturday at Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.
—Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
The Fever cruised to a 95-75 win.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Argentina cruised throughout the qualification process with and without Messi.
—Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
But for others, particularly those who have cruised with Celebrity at sea, the new ships might offer a familiar brand experience in a very different setting.
—David Nikel, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The Valkyries led by as much as 37 in the second half and cruised to their 20th win of the season.
—Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 31 Aug. 2025
Riding an outstanding six-inning start by rookie right-hander Tanner Gordon, the Rockies cruised into the eighth inning with a 5-2 lead.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Ryan cruised through the Padres lineup, using a sinker-heavy approach to generate ground balls all day.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 31 Aug. 2025
The University of Arkansas football team cruised to a 52-7 victory in its season opener against Alabama A&M on Saturday at Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.
—Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2025
The Fever cruised to a 95-75 win.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cruised
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In Jacksonville, Florida, a 5-year-old wandered away from home in the early morning hours.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Despite its common name, this creature wasn’t simply a lion that wandered into the Americas.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Gas flow also affects stellar initial masses In another study, published in July 2025, astrophysicist Ke-Jung Chen led a research group at the Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics using a detailed computer simulation that modeled how gas in the early universe may have flowed.—
Luke Keller,
Space.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Waterfalls of tequila flowed from enough bottles to lose count, including those in Aguayo’s group.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
7 Sep. 2025
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After leaving Tokyo, the aircraft carrier sailed north and was spotted transiting the Tsugaru Strait on Friday from the Pacific Ocean toward the Sea of Japan.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The game took an ugly turn for the Angels in the sixth, when reliever Brock Burke sailed a throw six feet over first baseman Oswald Peraza’s head on Thomas’s inning-opening comebacker, an error that led to an unearned run and a 9-1 A’s lead.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
7 Sep. 2025
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High atop the Luossavaara Mountain in northern Sweden, Sami reindeer herder Lars-Marcus Kuhmunen mapped out a bleak future for himself and other Indigenous people whose reindeer have roamed this land for thousands of years.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Many of these injuries were caused by aerial bombardments, as Israel Defense Forces jets, helicopters and drones regularly roamed the skies, Burney said.—
Brendan Rascius,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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With a garland of white flowers in front of him, a lone rower kneeling in a wooden canoe glided toward the DuSable Bridge docks.—
William Tong,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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Wearing a green track jacket and pearls, Billie Jean King glided out from behind the bar.—
Emily Bloch,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
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Suki Waterhouse, too, strolled around in the P-6000’s all-white style with jeans and a button-up, and Kylie Jenner chose the shoe in a pure white colorway to round out her gym attire.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
8 Sep. 2025
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New Bayern Munich signing Luis Díaz strolled down the left flank before cutting inside and poking a cross along the six-yard line.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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After an earnings beat and a blistering 32% pop on July 30, the stock drifted lower for a month — a normal profit-taking after a vertical move.—
Nishant Pant,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Baileys had drifted almost 1,500 miles, into the dead of summer, when they were rescued by a South Korean fishing boat on June 30, 1973.—
Susan Young,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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After the shooting, the school was placed in a lockdown and officials swept the campus.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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That’s more exciting to me than last year, when James swept the fiction categories, with even the Pulitzer board overriding their fiction judges to award the big prize to Percival Everett’s novel.—
Maris Kreizman,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Cruised.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cruised. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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