footpad

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Recent Examples of footpad Finally, lean the tool towards the side of the footpad. Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026 Adjustable footpads help remove any wobbliness on uneven surfaces. Paige Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Apr. 2026 Only then will Artemis IV get the chance to press its footpads into the lunar soil, in 2028. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 28 Mar. 2026 The sturdy table has anti-slip footpads to keep it firmly in place. Melody Kazel, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 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 Initially, the company founders indicated, the $300 footpads are targeted at diabetics who have lost sensitivity in their feet, but eventually FeetMe plans to make an athletic version for use in training. IEEE Spectrum, 20 May 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footpad
Noun
  • Re-blockade will now happen at bandit camps and ruins.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • And what gives her purpose is meeting Ruthye, who’s also endured tragedy, and wants to avenge her family’s death at the hands of the bandit Krem of the Yellow Hills (Matthias Schoenaerts).
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • The film stars Crowe as an ageing club owner whose dreams of selling-up and retiring are scuppered when an masked robber cleans out the business.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 13 June 2026
  • Viggo Mortensen plays Tom, a family man who swiftly kills a pair of would-be robbers at his diner and becomes a media sensation.
    Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 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
  • In February, police in the suburbs formed a task force to target thieves who had been targeting video gambling machines, wielding crowbars and sledgehammers to break into the machines to steal cash.
    Todd Feurer, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • Freight thieves do have other tastes.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • But the coup de grace for the burglars came on April 9, when police arrested the 23-year-old and seized his phone.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • The agency is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the burglars, a poster distributed by the agency and posted Monday by Little Rock police states.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • How about speedy Brazilian legend Garrincha as a base-stealer?
    Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • Outside of a 29-pitch second inning, Canning worked one-two-three innings in three of his five frames, got helped out of the fourth when Fermin threw out a would-be base-stealer and wound up throwing 51 of his 86 pitches for strikes.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Noun
  • From pirate treasure hunts that send kids racing around the resort with maps and clues to a sandcastle concierge stocked with shovels, pails, and tools for building elaborate beach creations, the property makes family vacations feel surprisingly stress-free.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 12 June 2026
  • Tweens and teens can also try knot-tying, help raise the sails, play pirate games, and visit the bridge.
    Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
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 16 Jun. 2026.

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