blurted

verb

Definition of blurtednext
past tense of blurt
as in looked

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  1. looked
  2. discussed
  3. announced
  4. voiced
  5. uttered
  6. declared
  7. whispered
  8. bolted
Verb
  • And it has been looked at quite significantly.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Alexander Mattison and Ameer Abdullah, LV — Wouldn’t chase either, as Abdullah looked better with Mattison as the lead, and Mattison likely leads again in Week 17.
    Jake Ciely, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of looked
Verb
  • Yes, Rupert Murdoch lost an epic courtroom battle with his kids over his media empire (during which actual Succession plot lines were discussed), but the Fox News mogul also suffered a rare defeat in TV news.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Victories like the one over Manchester City – a performance discussed at length in this previous column – have been all too rare, with the team picking up too many draws and too many injuries.
    Adam Digby, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of discussed
Verb
  • On Thursday, a day before the Starbucks walkouts, the Teamsters union announced strikes at seven Amazon delivery hubs.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The mayor of Boston announced today the team signed a lease with the city that locks in White Stadium as its venue.
    Emily Olsen, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of announced
Verb
  • Vengeance Most Fowl will be the first not to feature Sallis, who had voiced Wallace since 1989’s A Grand Day Out.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Instead, the movie works as sort of a tale of the past told by Rafiki to Kiara, Simba’s daughter (voiced by Blue Ivy Carter).
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of voiced
Verb
  • Well, that’s just not a common word uttered by the holidayers dressed in designer kaftans.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Not a word of condemnation has been uttered by the Western mainstream media, none whatsoever.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of uttered
Verb
  • Backlash is growing against self declared feminist ally Baldoni, who has seen an award rescinded by the Vital Voices Global Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing and supporting women leaders.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 24 Dec. 2024
  • On Wednesday, California declared a state of emergency for avian flu due to detecting its spread to herds in the southern part of the state.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of declared
Verb
  • Still, something hit differently when Barlow leaned into Bateman’s ear and whispered those now-iconic words.
    Lindy Segal, Glamour, 18 Dec. 2024
  • After all, the Colombian author himself took years to craft this fictional town, which for many was born in One Hundred Years of Solitude but had been whispered into existence through earlier stories.
    Fernanda Pérez Sánchez, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of whispered
Verb
  • After realizing the mother of three was awake, the intruder immediately bolted out out of the room.
    Vivian Kwarm, New York Daily News, 17 Dec. 2024
  • An overdose episode — Kiana bolted barefoot from their rural home and went missing overnight in the woods — brought police attention and led to charges for child endangerment.
    John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of bolted
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blurted (out)

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