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as in brushed
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay
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Recent Examples of grazed
Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The plot failed when Curtis Edward Smith grazed Murdaugh’s head with a bullet.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
The dress also grazed the red carpet at the time, indicating that Roberts has since had the gown hemmed.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
His girlfriend, who lives with a scar from a bullet that grazed her chest, will not see money from this settlement, either.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
One bullet grazed a 48-year-old man who was sitting in the bar.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Knight was grazed in the head and survived.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Jawad was grazed in the leg in the shooting, Macomb County officials said.
—Christina Hall, Freep.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The plot failed when Curtis Edward Smith grazed Murdaugh’s head with a bullet.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
The dress also grazed the red carpet at the time, indicating that Roberts has since had the gown hemmed.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
In the distance, cows grazed on rolling meadows.
—Siobhan Reid, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Reindeer moss, used as a mulch for containerized plants, is a fibrous chartreuse lichen grazed by caribou and reindeer in Arctic lands.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
His girlfriend, who lives with a scar from a bullet that grazed her chest, will not see money from this settlement, either.
—Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
One bullet grazed a 48-year-old man who was sitting in the bar.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 22 Sep. 2025
Knight was grazed in the head and survived.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Grazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grazed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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