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sideswiped

  • past participle
    of sideswipe.
    sideswipe
    verb (used with object)
    to scrape or hit with a sweeping stroke along the side.
  • past tense form
    of sideswipe.
    sideswipe
    verb (used with object)
    to scrape or hit with a sweeping stroke along the side.

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In 1931, an Alabama woman’s car got sideswiped.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Videos showed instead that the government vehicle sideswiped Figueroa, a U.S. citizen who was driving to work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

But he is just as frequently sideswiped by family crises created by the disasters he married and birthed.

From Salon ● Nov. 16, 2025

In December last year, the Philippines said China's coast guard fired water cannons and "sideswiped" a government vessel during a maritime patrol near the Scarborough Shoal.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025

We’re sideswiped by a gurney bearing an unconscious, emaciated young woman with a shaved head.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins