as in to squeeze
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 ream
His mentor, top opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, decided to reaming in hiding inside the country.
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Plus, Rip got to ream out the poor preacher who suggested doing a prayer.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
On the show, Trump reamed the Johnson Amendment, and took credit for the IRS’s lack enforcement of the law under his administration.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2024
That day on the Hill, Smith sat patiently while the chair reamed his company for the shameful neglect that ended up weakening national security.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
Plus, Rip got to ream out the poor preacher who suggested doing a prayer.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
On the show, Trump reamed the Johnson Amendment, and took credit for the IRS’s lack enforcement of the law under his administration.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 16 Sep. 2024
That day on the Hill, Smith sat patiently while the chair reamed his company for the shameful neglect that ended up weakening national security.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ream
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Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colo., for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing attack in the city’s downtown, after a federal judge blocked the deportation of the suspect’s family.—
Colleen Slevin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
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In some towns, utility poles were removed so the caravans could squeeze through.—
Angela Jackson,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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The defending champion Philadelphia Eagles have drawn the blueprint on perpetually pouring resources into the front seven on defense, consistently plucking players from SEC schools and throwing them onto an assembly line of quarterback mashers.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Women dominate the lower tiers of tea labor, from plucking to packaging and remain vastly underrepresented in management, ownership, or policy influence.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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The responsibility and reasoning behind infidelity lie solely with the person who cheated.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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After reconciling, the former couple still faced several challenges, including cheating allegations and public social media fallouts.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
30 May 2025
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Its allure is rooted in seeing the celebrity guest melt beneath the weight of hot sauce: Shaq’s eyes stung red with tears, viscera gushed from O’Brien nose.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Recent history suggests that Republicans would take few lessons from even a stinging rebuke in the midterms.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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And while other candidates have brought up the allegations and hit at Cuomo's record, no one attack seems to be sticking, and polling shows that Cuomo remains the front-runner.—
Oren Oppenheim,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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Only a year ago, Google released AI Overviews, a search feature that told users to eat rocks and use glue to stick cheese to pizza.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
3 June 2025
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Police officers, firefighters and service members hustled to unload carloads of diapers, car seats, clothes, toys, books and toiletries that residents had dropped off.—
Tammy Murga,
Mercury News,
23 May 2025
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Callers lighting up sports talk radio, debating what’s a bigger deal – Soto not shuffling or Soto not hustling?—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
22 May 2025
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The men beat 27-year-old Chin with a baseball bat, cracking his skull.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
31 May 2025
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The Padres beat Keller in early May in Pittsburgh, scoring five runs — four earned — in five innings.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Much as the Pixel 10 will be used to stop power creep from bleeding into price creep, Google will draw a line in the sand that no one will pass when selling premium devices.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Clues in the form of heavy metals found in the volcanic rocks could confirm a suspicion long held by geologists — that Earth’s molten core is not isolated but likely bleeds into the rocky mantle, the layer between the planet’s thin crust and the core.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
30 May 2025
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“Ream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ream. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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