grubbed (about)

verb

past tense of grub (about)
as in found out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grubbed (about)
  1. found out
  2. ran down
  3. found
  4. located
  5. discovered
  6. detected
  7. ascertained
  8. learned
Verb
  • And as the most recent press secretary found out, you can be fired from the position just as quickly as you were hired.
    — Chandelis Duster, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The town of Fort Myers Beach issued permits for flood panels for a few years, until FEMA found out and put a stop to it, per reporting by the Cape Coral Breeze.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of found out
Verb
  • The documentary came off iPlayer last year after its window ran down.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Hours before, a line ran down 65th Street and around the block with fans trying to score a ticket to the world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ran down
Verb
  • The sisters also founded fashion accessories label Dannijo in 2008, expanding into sports with DannijoPro.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Trump posted a video Thursday night that directly called El-Sayed a member of the group, which was founded in Egypt; his administration has designated chapters as terrorist organizations.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of found
Verb
  • Barghouti is a board member of the Institute for Middle East Understanding, a pro-Palestinian foreign policy group located in California.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Although Archway doesn’t have its own restaurant on-site, the property is located in the epicenter of Philadelphia’s buzziest dining corridor, with dozens of cafés, wine bars, and lauded restaurants just steps away.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of located
Verb
  • It was discovered the hot box was not turned on soon enough prior to placing hot food in the unit.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The exact story of how coffee was discovered isn’t known for sure, but one popular legend says an Ethiopian goatherd named Kaldi noticed that when his goats ate from a red berry plant, they were infused with energy and stayed awake all night.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of discovered
Verb
  • Authorities detected no attempts to destroy his monitoring device, the ministry said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Those elementary particles, first detected experimentally in 1956, travel through space, interacting only rarely with electrons and atomic nuclei.
    — Daniella McCahey, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of detected
Verb
  • The nationalities of 111 other missing people had yet to be ascertained, authorities said.
    — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The only clear purpose that can be ascertained from the statute is that it is supposed to encourage the investment of new capital in low-income communities.
    — Marie Sapirie, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of ascertained
Verb
  • Debbie Zildjian, who oversees the alloy process today, learned it from her father.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Soto, the Herald learned, met with the former lawmaker in Haiti.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of learned
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