LODGED Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in stuck

firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge the rusty, old bolts were so well lodged that a power wrench was needed to extract them

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lodged

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verb

past tense of lodge

as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time

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as in nestled

to establish or place comfortably or snugly our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out

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as in embedded

to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine

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Recent Examples of lodged

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If pellets remain lodged inside, the group warned that an infection could, in the worst case, become life-threatening. — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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The bullet remained lodged in Roosevelt's body for the rest of his life. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 Koyari said Japan lodged a protest to North Korea through their embassies in Beijing. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 The career included its hiccups, a not-yet-ready-for-primetime quarterback thrust into a starting role as a freshman, an on-campus protest in which the football team was lodged and, well, not as many wins as anyone involved would have liked. — Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026 Thompson lodged criticisms for Jones’ Silicon Valley donors, shifting policy positions and associations with healthcare companies that were fined for denying care. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 She was shot twice; one bullet grazed the top of her head, and another lodged in her back. — Meagan Harris, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 It’s lodged between the other slices of sticky pop-rock thatmade Crow an inescapable presence on pop radio for nearly 15 years. — Ethan Beck, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026 He has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and still has a bullet lodged in his brain, according to family. — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026 Following an October 2025 weapon charge, ICE lodged a detainer against Bautista, but local officials declined the request under New York City's sanctuary policies. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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The size of the boat, the distance from the tow boat's berth and how bad the boat is stuck will all factor into the final invoice.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Start by understanding where your money is going For people who feel stuck, Nepa says the first step is surprisingly simple.

— Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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On Thursday, the Kansas City Royals and architecture firm Populous revealed new renderings for the stadium, which will be housed in Crown Center.

— Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
The service station, which was in a small town on the Adriatic Coast, also housed a restaurant.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

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On the first night of Southern California’s fires Thursday, the crescent moon was the only source of light across homes nestled beneath Boney Mountain in Ventura County and across much of the Santa Monica Mountains due to the ongoing outages.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Each building at the luxe 15-acre Russian River resort, which is nestled amongst the towering redwoods in the petite town of Guerneville, California, is linked to a different era of the property’s past.

— Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

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Investigators said that the co-pilot carried out the attack with what's called a crash axe — a lightweight emergency tool stored in the cockpit to break through panels or jammed doors in the event of a crash.

— Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026
By weaving lasercomm links across space, airborne and terrestrial nodes alongside existing fiber and RF, leaders create self-healing mesh networks that guarantee mission-critical throughput even when primary links are severed or jammed.

— Rohit Jha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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Jalisco state suspended classes on Friday and Monday in 22 coastal municipalities and began evacuating people from at-risk areas while asking the tourism sector to make sure workers and visitors are fully accommodated in shelters or safe zones.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
In short, pool coverage underscores efforts to create a public record of government actions, even if every news group can’t be accommodated in a particular physical space.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of accommodated

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The glass vases, bowls, and dishes feature a sweet little bird perched atop each one.

— Eleni N. Gage, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2026
The 18-story Plaza Hotel has been perched on Fifth Avenue since 1907 and was designed by architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, The New York Times reported.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026

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