as in to trudge
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Recent Examples of wade
Matt Waldron was not on the roster when the Padres waded into the postseason.
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
One bill would have allowed local police to wade into immigration enforcement, which is typically reserved for the federal government.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
Already the Senate parliamentarian’s office has waded through several titles of Trump’s big bill, including those from the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Energy & Public Works Committee.
—Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Mortgage morass Contemplate sky-high pricing, plus the interest-rate morass that springtime buyers have had to wade through.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
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Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2025
One bill would have allowed local police to wade into immigration enforcement, which is typically reserved for the federal government.
—Carolyn Komatsoulis, Idaho Statesman, 27 June 2025
Already the Senate parliamentarian’s office has waded through several titles of Trump’s big bill, including those from the Senate Armed Services Committee and Senate Energy & Public Works Committee.
—Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
Mortgage morass Contemplate sky-high pricing, plus the interest-rate morass that springtime buyers have had to wade through.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wade
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Mafalda’s father is quiet and unassuming, trudging to his job as a clerk at an insurance company and returning home to wage war on the ants that threaten his houseplants.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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Eighteen Democrats joined with most Republicans to pass the legislation, which has trudged forward through a series of procedural hurdles on the Senate floor over the past four weeks.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
17 June 2025
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The measure eked out a victory in the Senate, but only after Vice President JD Vance stepped in to cast a tiebreaking vote after three Republican senators—Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Susan Collins of Maine—broke ranks and voted it down.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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President Donald Trump eked out a narrow win to achieve his most significant legislative victory since returning to the White House with the Senate giving a thumbs up July 1 to his sweeping mega-bill.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 July 2025
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Ruby Rodriguez, 62, of California, was charged with trespassing in December after trying to gain access to the club.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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Sure, sure, the 1981 movie was set in the future — one in which the United States was at war with an allied Soviet Union and China — so the script gets a pass for trying to slip this past us.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
10 July 2025
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The pulses appear to exert varying pressure that pushes on each rift zone differently, depending on the way the rift moves and the thickness of the crust on either side.—
Nora Bradford,
Scientific American,
7 July 2025
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Meanwhile, ComEd — the state’s dominant utility — still exerts enormous influence over Illinois’ energy policy.—
Micky Horstman,
Chicago Tribune,
7 July 2025
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“Wade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wade. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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