fueled

variants or fuelled
past tense of fuel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fueled
Verb
  • While the firm’s audacious announcement has generated immediate excitement and sparked a speculative increase in its stock price, the steep decline in after-hours trading suggests that investors are not wholly assured.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Although Jill worked closely with local authorities and the high school, all the parties struggled to find the perpetrator because the texts were coming from random numbers that were generated by an app.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Laura is frantic about saving Daniel after learning Cherry pushed her father from a construction site, fracturing his spine in two places.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If verified, some researchers suggest this respite also could be a glimpse of future hurricane seasons, with the historic early-to-mid-September peak pushed back on the calendar.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • VeeKay joined Dale Coyne Racing at the beginning of the season and energized the team.
    Bruce Martin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • His campaign style may have energized conservative downstate voters, but Illinois governors can’t be elected without persuading suburban moderates, and Bailey did little to even try.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Initially powered by a water counterbalance system, it was soon converted to steam in 1886 and later electrified by 1915.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement First opened in 1885, the Glória funicular was electrified in 1915.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ultimately, the state attorney general charged 20 state felonies against eight people alleged to have engaged in planning and training for an attack on the statehouse and a plan to kidnap lawmakers, including Whitmer.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Brown was charged with misdemeanor misusing 911 — a charge one expert said is typically brought against prank callers, not those in a mental crisis.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Elijah Ming, 34, and an officer with the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department, approached the front door, and a man inside the home allegedly fired at the two.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • That’s assuming no more Fed officials are fired, which could change the trajectory of monetary policy for the next few years.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fallout from Singapore's money-laundering scandal and high-profile crypto failures like Three Arrows Capital and FTX triggered an aggressive compliance push in 2024, according to Iris Xu, founder of corporate services firm Jenga, whose clients are wealthy mainland Chinese in Singapore.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That contract, reached after the union leveraged a strike threat in 2024, included coverage of PBS Kids’ animation for the first time and triggered union representation for writers on shows like Molly of Denali and Work It Out Wombats.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Fueled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fueled. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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