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scudded

VERB
skim across
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Ryan Porteous' attempted clearance was scudded off the back of Ferguson straight into the path of Cosgrove.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2020

He climbed aboard a tractor to start planting his winter wheat crop under a blue sky scudded with white clouds.

From Washington Post • Jan. 9, 2019

As I walked down to La Perle du Lac, Geneva’s exceptional lakefront park, rain clouds scudded grimly across the sky and the city felt like it was still asleep.

From New York Times • May 28, 2018

His 10th appearance at the World Cup yielded his 40th shot, none of which have provided reward, when his second-half free-kick scudded against the defensive wall.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2014

Low, shaggy clouds scudded over that part of the horizon where the sea lay, behind the marshes and the beach shanty settlements, and raindrops darkened the black mackintosh I had bought that morning.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath



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