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tooled

verb

past tense of tool

as in drove

to travel by a motorized vehicle I spent some time tooling around town today

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Recent Examples of tooled Perry was also spotted behind the wheel of an electric vehicle and tooled around town with Trudeau riding in the passenger seat. — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026 Re-tooled with new signings, the defensive inadequacies and erratic finishing that had held the club back during his first campaign were eradicated. — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026 But Theobald tooled the Zephyrs’ block, pushing the Tigers over the line with a 25-22 set 4 win. — Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 5 Nov. 2025 When the season ended, Payton and general manager George Paton could have re-tooled the personnel on defense or let a couple of key contributors go. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025 Hayes’ arrangements are machine-tooled to immersive perfection. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025 Thrill-by-thrill, it’s tooled to capture our attention in much the same way that an eye-popping video game does. — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2025

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The Middle East war and the resulting shipping disruption through the Strait of Hormuz drove up global commodity costs, further squeezing Beijing's own appetite for commodity imports.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Matson testified that Paul Robinson visited to the fraternity house two days after his son posted bail, then drove with Matson to retrieve the safe while his son packed at the fraternity house.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

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