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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.
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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
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
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In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after the museum opened on Sunday morning, two bandits used a lift on a truck to break into its Galerie d'Apollon, which houses the French crown jewels and other treasures, through a second-floor window.—
NPR,
NPR,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The place is the Savin Bar + Kitchen, in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, where immediately inside the front door, patrons are greeted by a larger-than-life framed mugshot of Bulger — the mob-boss, murderer, bank robber, drug dealer and extortionist — peering cooly out from under his fedora.—
Tovia Smith,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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French police say the robbers entered the Louvre’s first floor using the Böcker lift, broke open two display cases with a power grinder, and escaped on scooters within ten minutes.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Believe it or not, this extra step is enough to make most thieves move on to easier prey.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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Police were racing the clock to find the intruders; experts say thieves of such treasures typically dismantle or melt down the loot, sometimes within hours, to avoid being caught.—
Robert Abitbol,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Louvre director said the museum's cameras failed to spot the burglars and that there were not enough cameras monitoring the museum's perimeter.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
26 Oct. 2025
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Between a high-profile divorce, finishing up her law school studies and having to testify during the trial of the burglars who robbed her years ago in Paris, Kim Kardashian has had a lot going on.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But the real scene stealers are the massive gains (60% to 70%) in graphics performance, and the huge AI performance boost.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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Ads prominently displayed on search engines are impersonating a wide range of online services in a bid to infect Macs with a potent credential stealer, security companies have warned.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Once the adventure goes topside, Hamill’s live-action pirate is almost a disappointment after all the unhinged undersea hijinks.—
Justin Lowe,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Oct. 2025
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After the pirates save Conomi Islands, the crew set sail on their next adventure, while a new bounty is placed on Luffy.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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But one other aspect that stands out is the ship carrying other dangerous specimens like a small eyeball octopus that possesses a host, or little pincher bugs that drain your blood and swell disgustingly to thirty times their size.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Footpad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpad. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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