as in squeezed
to rob by the use of trickery or threats
reamed a whole new generation of suckers with a variation of the Ponzi scheme
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Recent Examples of reamed
Because that movie was both a failure in the box office and it got reamed by critics.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reamed
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The Panthers squeezed a few end-of-career seasons out of guys such as Dino Ciccarelli and Igor Larionov.—
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Steamer or Iron When squeezed into a small suitcase, clothes have a tendency to wrinkle.—
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Mountain View Fire Rescue hustled to get to a fire caused by a power pole that blew down.—
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My mother—an incredible single mom of four kids—just hustled.—
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The tension resurfaced when her sister discovered her partner had cheated again and asked to stay at the poster’s home with both children.—
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Every town has its nostalgic spots—ice cream shops, deli counters, old-school diners—that seem to have cheated time.—
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An all-star cast plucked from different corners of the pop culture firmament leads Ryan Murphy's All's Fair, a Hulu legal drama about female divorce attorneys who open their own practice.—
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Such is life in Marthaland, where homemaking tasks are plucked from the realm of everyday drudgery and elevated to a pure pursuit of excellence.—
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If Jay had said no, I would have been screwed.—
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For safety reasons, the battery box in a unicorn toy is hidden or screwed into place.—
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Tuesday’s loss in Orlando stung a little more for the Miami Heat than the usual December loss during a long 82-game regular season.—
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But still, some losses have stung harder than others.—
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But there is a primal scream stuck in our collective throat.—
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Even after the pick-less Young trade, there does seem to be a pathway present for the Heat to restock with draft picks while, like the Hawks, continually stuck in play-in-ville.—
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Two teenage girls are charged with kidnapping a teenage boy after allegedly luring him into a basement and beating him for three hours in early November.—
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Josh Doan scored, Colten Ellis made 30 saves in his first game in a month and the Buffalo Sabres beat the New York Rangers 5-2 on Thursday night to give them 12 victories in their past 13 games.—
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“Reamed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reamed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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