victualed

verb

variants or victualled
Definition of victualednext
past tense of victual
1
as in boarded
to provide food or meals for the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown

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2
as in fed
to take a meal that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison

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  1. boarded
  2. ate
  3. dined
  4. sustained
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  • In early 2023, Greenpeace activists boarded and occupied a Shell floating production, storage and offloading vessel while it was being transported in the Atlantic Ocean.
    Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Penny boarded the train in Brooklyn and was going to the gym near the Flatiron building.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
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  • After about an hour of waiting, Schneider said the students were moved to wait outside on the school bus then ate lunch at the elementary school.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
  • And, given its nature as an observational study, there are limitations – overall, younger people ate more dark chocolate, and data was self-reported by participants.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2024
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  • McGee’s group complied and dined elsewhere without issue.
    James Raia, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Once upon a time, long, long ago, Brooklyn wasn’t considered hip, or interesting, or even, for those who lived and dined and died in Manhattan, a socially appropriate place to go out to eat.
    Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
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  • Racing greyhounds are often euthanized, either due to injuries sustained in races or because no one will take them in, per the AP.
    Rachel Raposas, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Nearly three years later, Russia has sustained more than 700,000 casualties, according to Western and Ukrainian estimates, with hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian fighters thought to be killed and injured.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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