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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
cruise .
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Examples
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The Spurs cruised from the start as Ginobili and Duncan each scored 12 points to help them take a 55-39 lead at halftime.
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He cruised from the start, retiring the first 14 batters and throwing only 109 pitches - 76 for strikes.
USATODAY.com 2005
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Johnson cruised from the start, striking out the side around a single in the first, when he threw just 12 pitches - all strikes.
USATODAY.com 2005
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Tony Benshoof took the men's race, Courtney Zablocki won the women's race and Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin cruised to the doubles title.
USATODAY.com - Pikus-Pace slides to third World Cup win, weekly honor 2004
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On an Islanders 'power play, Yashin cruised to the faceoff dot and ripped a blast over the goalie's left shoulder.
NHL - National Hockey League - Washington vs. N.Y. Islanders 2002
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The main contenders for the overall title cruised home afterward in the pack, with the whole field clocking 4 hours,
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press Writer 2010
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The main contenders for the overall title cruised home afterward in the pack, which clocked 4 hours, 30 minutes, 50 seconds.
The Seattle Times 2010
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Put the page in his BMW and "cruised" - Foley's word - to dinner.
10/01/2006 2006
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The day after I learned about his rejection, I randomly met one of the "Assistant Organizers" in the park who told me three things: (1) The occasional dad attends a meet-up here and there, but the actual members are required to be the moms, and it's ok, because: (2) The dads sometimes form their own meet-ups .... at the Beer Garden or a baseball game, "y'know, guy stuff", and besides: (3) keeping it moms-only is great "because they don't have to worry about getting 'cruised'." [ed. note: I haven't heard the verb "cruised" since Cinemax movies of the early '80s]
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The day after I learned about his rejection, I randomly met one of the "Assistant Organizers" in the park who told me three things: (1) The occasional dad attends a meet-up here and there, but the actual members are required to be the moms, and it's ok, because: (2) The dads sometimes form their own meet-ups .... at the Beer Garden or a baseball game, "y'know, guy stuff", and besides: (3) keeping it moms-only is great "because they don't have to worry about getting 'cruised'." [ed. note: I haven't heard the verb "cruised" since Cinemax movies of the early '80s]
last gleaming 2008
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