WADED (IN OR INTO) Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

waded (in or into)

verb

past tense of wade (in or into)

as in tackled

to start work on energetically waded deep into the repair project and didn't come out of it until four hours later enthusiastically waded into his science fair project

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Every step beyond this put us in an exclusive club of climbers who tackled the final push to the summit.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
At the workshop Verhoeff and the participants tackled the 2-out-of-4 problem, in which a painting will fall if any two of four nails are removed.

— Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

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Two doctors from Formula Medicine, an Italian center for driver performance working with BMW, which runs two cars in Hypercar in conjunction with the WRT team, directly addressed the suit’s cooling duration.

— Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
In an interview with Spectrum News, Husted addressed a seeming shift in his position.

— Maham Javaid, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026

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For example, ExploitGym, a cybersecurity benchmark that was at the center of the July incident in which OpenAI’s models went rogue and attacked the company Hugging Face, was created in 2026.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
In the wake of Thursday’s ruling, a chorus of Missouri Republicans have attacked the court over its decision.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of attacked

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