rams

present tense third-person singular of ram
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as in stuffs
to fit (people or things) into a tight space rammed as many candies into his mouth as he could fit

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Verb
  • The film contains one of the great gross-out scenes of all time, in which Adjani has a bloody, violent miscarriage in a Berlin subway station and slams her body around as if in the throes of an exorcism.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Brown is casting Moreno as a wealthy businessman who is out for himself, and Moreno, R-Ohio, slams Brown as a career politician who is a rubber stamp for President Joe Biden and Harris.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Severe storms, the study found, lead to a capital depreciation shock that drives down the value of local assets.
    Justin Worland, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • So what drives happiness at work?
    Tanya Arturi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • If Israel hits Iran’s oil industry, supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could become of concern, other analysts echoed.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024
  • After that, the studio released the stop-motion hits ParaNorman, The Boxtrolls, Kubo and The Two Strings and Missing Link.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The line chart on the Bloomberg terminal inexplicably jumps vertical, and in a blink, Rishi’s big loss becomes an £18 million profit.
    Zachary Siegel, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But then on Sunday afternoon, Mercury jumps the fence from airy Libra to icy Scorpio.
    Jennifer Culp, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Eligibility for the 2025 Grammys runs from September 16, 2023, through August 30, 2024.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • In practice, a timing study of an operation that runs 24/7 might only involve 15 minutes of direct observation where the subject knows they are being watched.
    Jeff Mahler, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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