Yes, sneaked is a word that has been in use for more than 500 years. It is the simple past tense form and past participle of the verb sneak.
Sneak is a regular verb and adds “-ed” to the infinitive of the verb to make these forms of the verb.
In American English, snuck is an accepted alternative to sneaked.
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When you sneak up on someone or something, you approach without being noticed. Sneak up is always followed by the preposition “to” or “on.”
We can use sneak up literally, to describe a person or creature moving stealthily, or we can use it figuratively to describe how events sometimes seem to arrive without our noticing (e.g., “As always, the examinations had sneaked up on us”).
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The simple past of the verb sneak is sneaked or snuck. In American English both forms are acceptable, but in British English, snuck is seen as a nonstandard form.
The same applies to the past participle of sneak.
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“Bear and bare” are commonly confused words. The correct spelling is bear in the phrase “bear fruit.”
For example, “All our hard work is now bearing fruit” (i.e., The hard work we did is now producing good results).
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“Bear and bare” are commonly confused words. The correct spelling is bear in the phrase “too much to bear.”
For example, “The heat was too much to bear” (i.e., the heat was impossible to endure).
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“Bear and bare” are commonly confused words. The correct spelling is bear in the phrase “burden to bear.”
For example, “It’s not your burden to bear” (i.e., it’s not your responsibility).
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“Bear and bare” are commonly confused words. The correct spelling is bear in the phrasal verb “bear down.”
For example, “She was bearing down on him fast” (i.e., she was moving closer to him), or “We need to bear down hard” (i.e., we need to make more effort).
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“Bear and bare” are commonly confused words. The correct spelling is bear in the phrase “bear weight.”
For example, “The chair won’t bear my weight” (i.e., the chair won’t support my weight and might break).
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“Anyhow” is a very close synonym for anyway or anyways.
Other synonyms for “anyway” include:
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Anyways is an alternative to the adverb “anyway” used in informal American English (e.g., “Anyways, what did you do on the weekend?”).
It is best to avoid it in formal speech and writing (e.g., job interviews).
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