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Recent Examples of footpad
Their talons also curve more sharply than those of other raptors, and their footpads are equipped with tiny spines that act like Velcro against fish scales.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Plus, adjustable footpads ensure its stability on uneven ground.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 10 June 2025
The wide footpads give the rider leverage for acceleration, stopping and turning.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Spiders, cockroaches, beetles, bats, tree frogs, and lizards all have varying-sized sticky footpads that use these same forces.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
The deck is 40 inches long and 10 inches wide at the footpads.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The cost of a Pint X with the larger footpads, folding handle and performance tire adds up to $1,480.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2024
Simply center the tool directly over the weed, press it firmly into the ground using the footpad, and then lean the handle towards the footpad.
—Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2024
Remove your foot and lean the tool toward the side with the footpad and the weed should pop right out.
—Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2024
Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
Plus, adjustable footpads ensure its stability on uneven ground.
—Clint Davis, People.com, 10 June 2025
The wide footpads give the rider leverage for acceleration, stopping and turning.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Spiders, cockroaches, beetles, bats, tree frogs, and lizards all have varying-sized sticky footpads that use these same forces.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
The deck is 40 inches long and 10 inches wide at the footpads.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The cost of a Pint X with the larger footpads, folding handle and performance tire adds up to $1,480.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2024
Simply center the tool directly over the weed, press it firmly into the ground using the footpad, and then lean the handle towards the footpad.
—Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2024
Remove your foot and lean the tool toward the side with the footpad and the weed should pop right out.
—Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footpad
Noun
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An anonymous tipster called police to say the bandits were trying to sell their loot less than a mile away, and gave the cops Hussein’s Instagram handle, according to court filings.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Industrialists like Rockefeller and Carnegie weren’t worried about horseback bandits; their focus was on land rights, freight monopolies and who controlled the rails.—
Jodi Daniels,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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He is captured by Bedouin highwaymen, who plan to rob him.—
Steve Hindy,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Aug. 2015
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Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast.—
Joseph Patrick Kelly,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The Nope actress stars as Zoe, a conniving thief who plots to steal an armored truck, in the heist-comedy The Pickup.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Robert De Niro is Neil McCauley, a master thief planning a daring bank robbery with the help of his crew (including Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, and Danny Trejo), and Al Pacino is LAPD Lieutenant Vincent Hanna, obsessed with bringing McCauley to justice.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In their new action-comedy movie The Pickup, Eddie Murphy and Pete Davidson play armored truck drivers who are reluctantly pulled into a casino heist when a burglar (Keke Palmer) hijacks their vehicle.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The burglars, who disabled the home’s alarm system before climbing through a window, are thought to be responsible for a string of high-profile thefts in the area and more than one at Reeves’ home.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Learn all about the many groups, from Native Americans to Spanish pirates to English settlers to wealthy cotton planters to enslaved people, who have lived on the island and influenced its development at the Edisto Island Museum.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
6 Aug. 2025
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John Cleese shows up as a pirate and tries to make a call from a payphone on the ship, while his parrot, who is in love with him, gripes that Cleese is neglecting her and should take her to dinner with all his doubloons.—
Sophie Brickman,
The Atlantic,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Taken from CNBC’s Daily Open, our international markets newsletter — Subscribe today Investors can have a reputation of being penny pinchers.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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According to Vet Help Direct, the dog breeds that need the most exercise include Hungarian Vizslas, Doberman pinchers, Weimaraners, working cocker spaniels, Rhodesian ridgebacks, Labrador retrievers, and border collies, among others.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 July 2025
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“Footpad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpad. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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