RAFTED Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

rafted

verb

past tense of raft

as in suspended

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On June 12, Anthropic suspended access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to comply with Commerce Department export controls.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
Barbecho’s license had been suspended since April 2025 when he was busted for drunk driving, officials said.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of suspended

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After the Fourth of July, the pool was drained for a second time so workers could once again make repairs for the project that has ballooned in cost.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
This tracks, given that production budgets have ballooned in recent years meaning that many more programs fall within this category.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of ballooned

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European leaders have even floated a boycott of FIFA events, while execs behind closed doors are plotting rival tournaments that could leave Infantino on the outside looking in before the next election cycle.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The notion that Ellison would exit California if the state AGs sued to block the Paramount-WBD merger was floated in an item last month by Semafor.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of floated

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During an altercation between the occupants of the boats, Simpson swam to the air compressor and turned it off, according to an affidavit.

— Milena Malaver, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026
Many swam several miles in the Mediterranean to avoid the heavily fortified border fence – leaving 88 people drowned in just 48 hours.

— Kelsey Norman, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of swam

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Some guests have sailed their own boats; few would be caught dead on a big ship.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
Rutherford sailed past the Nordic countries of Norway and Sweden just a few days ago, and crossed into waters controlled by the Russian government this weekend.

— Henry Larson, NPR, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of sailed

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One afternoon as a rookie, listening to coaches drone on in a dark room with film cutups flashing in front of them, his head bobbed.

— Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Six young women — hair fashionably bobbed, shins covered by knee-high socks — posed in dark, modest swimming suits in the tiled abyss of an empty swimming pool.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

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