towered

verb

Definition of towerednext
past tense of tower
as in surged

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for towered
  1. rose
  2. climbed
  3. ascended
  4. mounted
  5. lifted
  6. aspired
  7. arose
  8. thrust
Verb
  • Oil prices rose as investors awaited Israel’s response to Iran’s Tuesday missile attack.
    Ian Mount, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Nonfarm payrolls rose by 254,000 in September, the most in six months.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of rose
Verb
  • Helene’s death toll in Georgia has climbed to 33.
    NBC News, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Helene has become the deadliest hurricane to hit the United States mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and the death toll has climbed daily.
    Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of climbed
Verb
  • Journeyman starting pitcher Luke Weaver ascended into it.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Korea Path Korea remains a north star for many in the Asian content industry — a regional peer that has ascended to global acclaim through decades of investment, nurturing of independent voices and a wealth of onscreen and offscreen talent.
    Sara Merican, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of ascended
Verb
  • According to the City, it was instead mounted at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The oil, oil stick, and graphite on canvas mounted on board tablets were created while Móyò was developing his first Hungry Mouth paintings.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of mounted
Verb
  • Both men have lifted its iconic big-eared trophy once a piece, with Alexander-Arnold also losing two UCL finals in 2018 and 2022 to his prospective new employers.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • That victory lifted the Falcons into a first-place tie with the Bucs at 3-2 with the NFC South’s New Orleans Saints (2-2) looking to knock off the undefeated defending Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs (4-0) on the Week 5 Monday Night Football feature.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of lifted
Verb
  • Phillips never aspired to be a political lightning rod.
    The Editors, National Review, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Whereas documentary photography sought to portray objective reality, these artists aspired toward something different and more personal.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of aspired
Verb
  • More trouble arose in the sixth, when the Mets drew back-to-back two-out walks off Evan Phillips to load the bases again.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The negative consequence for the other person is that their feelings are invalidated; the phrasing subtly implies that their emotions are solely their responsibility, even though those feelings arose because of your actions.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of arose
Verb
  • Absolute Technologies, which originally began as a small machine shop in Santa Fe Springs making service repairs for Textron’s Bell Helicopters, makes landing gears, thrust reverser cylinders, flight control pistons, load transfer components and assemblies.
    Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
  • While both actors play unassuming characters thrust into combat roles, Stokes shared his interest in working in a creative capacity behind the camera as well.
    Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of thrust
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towered

towered (over)

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