as in to trudge
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Recent Examples of wade
At the advent of NIL, when third-party collectives were first coming to the forefront, multiple officials within the department told me that Folt had no interest in wading into the gray area of boosters directly paying football players.
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Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The state legislature, too, often finds some way to wade into the culture wars ― for example, LGBTQ allies fear lawmakers might copy Ohio's recent transgender bathroom bill.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Goldman is wading back into the market for SPACs and is open to underwriting new deals for SPAC companies, Bloomberg reported on June 17.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Netflix, the great white shark of streaming, is wading into Discovery’s and Nat Geo’s waters.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 4 July 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
The state legislature, too, often finds some way to wade into the culture wars ― for example, LGBTQ allies fear lawmakers might copy Ohio's recent transgender bathroom bill.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Goldman is wading back into the market for SPACs and is open to underwriting new deals for SPAC companies, Bloomberg reported on June 17.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 July 2025
Netflix, the great white shark of streaming, is wading into Discovery’s and Nat Geo’s waters.
—Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wade
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Rescue and recovery efforts trudged on for a fifth day after devastating flooding on July 4 in central Texas sent the water of the Guadalupe River surging into nearby campgrounds and low-lying homes and cars.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
8 July 2025
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Amid the devastation, first responders and volunteers trudge into muck and mud, scramble over debris piles and check emotions to poke and prod and chop and saw in search of still-missing victims.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
7 July 2025
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Wall Street is coming off a positive session, with stocks eking out a gain Monday even after President Donald Trump threatened a 30% tariff on the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1.—
Pia Singh,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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This location is home to both a rogue’s gallery of mutants and the titular stalkers who eke out a living scavenging artifacts.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
9 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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