footpad

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Recent Examples of footpad On the base of the enclosure are anti-slip silicone footpads which reduce the chance of slippage on surfaces and helps protect the enclosure from drops and knocks. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footpad
Noun
  • There can be no doubt that in tax terms, America’s wealthiest families make out like bandits.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The robbery lasted less than seven minutes, as the bandits used a truck with an extendable ladder to cut through a window on a second-floor balcony, according to police.
    Mason Leath, ABC News, 27 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • One robber also used pepper spray.
    Cameron Macdonald, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Police said in each instance, two to four robbers exited a white sedan, approached the victims, and demanded their personal items at gunpoint.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • The sybaritic highwayman Macheath maneuvers between a cutthroat capitalist milieu (Mr. and Mrs. Peachum) and a corrupt police force (led by Tiger Brown) while seducing daughters from both worlds (Polly Peachum and Lucy Brown).
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The inside of the bag was filled with trash, signaling that a thief must have left this behind and taken my bag on purpose at another stop.
    Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
  • On Sunday, San Jose police were on the scene at Macy’s within minutes, but the thieves had already fled.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The moments a Simi Valley trading card store was targeted by smash-and-grab burglars were caught on camera early Sunday morning.
    Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In addition to taking the cash register, the burglars stole recently delivered inventory.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Plus, the legendary Alan Rickman is a screen-stealer as the villain, Hans Gruber.
    Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
  • While decked out in green and red, this holiday scene stealer is highly toxic to pets (and humans) when ingested.
    Maddie Topliff, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • These oil fields basically are pirate operations.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Notorious pirate Jean Lafitte frequented neighboring Grand Terre Island in the early 1800s.
    Kristy Christiansen, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Rottweilers, Doberman pinchers, Belgian Tervurens, and Siamese cats are most likely to get it, although any breed or mixed breed can be affected.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Some even report being pinched and yanked at while in the room, staff say the pincher is the ghost of a homeless little girl who occupied the vacant prison during the Great Depression.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Footpad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpad. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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