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verb (1)

past tense of bull
as in pushed
to force one's way the beleaguered governor bulled through the crowd of reporters without answering a single question

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verb (2)

past tense of bull, slang
as in bragged
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess no one bought all his bulling about how he had beaten the stock market

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Recent Examples of bulled
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Perry ran for two scores during the 1985 regular season and bulled over for a 1-yard touchdown in the 46-10 Super Bowl rout of the Patriots. — Ira Kaufman, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026 Quarterback Anthony Colandrea outran safety Avery Dixon on a 10-yard touchdown run, diving to the end zone pylon to finish a 75-yard drive on the game's opening series, and then Rule bulled in from the 3 to end a 90-yard march. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 Three plays later, Kareem Hunt bulled his way into the end zone and the Chiefs had tied the game. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Nov. 2025 Cathedral closed to 14-7 when Fa’alave-Johnson took a direct snap and bulled 16 yards into the end zone. — Bernie Wilson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2025 Federal officers fired rubber bulled and used tear gas. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2025 Defensively, the 49ers were down to only a few healthy starters before kickoff, and one of them, cornerback Deommodore Lenoir, got bulled over at one point by Raiders rookie Ashton Jeanty. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bulled
  1. pushed
  2. bragged
  3. squeezed
  4. boasted
  5. swaggered
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  • Already, two bipartisan groups of senators have pushed back on the decision, including seven Republicans.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Lebanese officials have pushed for a last-minute extension of UNIFIL's mandate, so far without success.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of pushed
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  • One bragged about the capture of the former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.
    — Santul Nerkar, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Smigel and Wendt bragged about how great Chicago is compared to Kansas City and compared crime rates.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of bragged
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  • In Malabo, Bioko’s biggest city, a team of men and women equipped with insecticide sprayers squeezed between low-rise cement buildings on a recent morning, as heavy rain drummed on aluminum roofs.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Elevated borrowing rates and refinancing challenges (registration required) have squeezed an already difficult landscape for development financing.
    — Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of squeezed
Verb
  • In Texas, Republicans seized on an old interview in which Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico boasted that his campaign, then for the Texas statehouse, was going vegan.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026
  • By the early twentieth century, LA boasted the highest rate of Black homeownership of any major city in the country.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of boasted
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  • Jeezy, Teyana Taylor, Jermaine Dupri, Usher, Swizz Beatz, Rihanna (who briefly out-swaggered Jay), Pharrell, and Beyoncé, backed by the Mayyas, a Lebanese dance group.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In San Ángel, those men swaggered around town, smoking marijuana and blasting banda music from their flashy trucks.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of swaggered

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“Bulled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bulled. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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