footpad

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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. 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
  • Ensure Robust Model Management In healthcare, AI reliability demands robust model management—continuous monitoring, causal inference in production, multi-arm bandit testing and human-in-the-loop oversight.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
  • There were corridos about the exploits of bandits and outlaws, some of them Robin Hood-esque characters who outwitted oafish authorities and helped the poor.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • He is captured by Bedouin highwaymen, who plan to rob him.
    Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015
  • 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
  • These simple bags keep your wallet, passport, phone, and other valuables close to your body and safe from thieves.
    Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2025
  • No one was held at gunpoint, there were no injuries, and the thieves made away with more than $100 million worth of jewelry in a matter of minutes.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Security cameras showed one of the burglars crawling on his stomach through the candy store before cutting through both concrete and a thick safe, stealing more than $2 million in cash and jewelry.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 6 June 2025
  • The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed with Fox News Digital that the hooded burglars stole approximately $2,000 to $3,000 worth of merchandise from the cannabis storefront before fleeing.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Porch pirates Mail theft in Virginia will soon be a Class 6 felony, which means people caught stealing mail or packages can be punished by imprisonment for one to five years and/or a fine of up to $2,500.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2025
  • Over the centuries, Spanish conquistadors brought horses whose descendants now roam wild; the pirate Blackbeard fought his final sea battle near Ocracoke Island in the south; and the Wright Brothers took their first successful flight.
    Kate Lewis, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • Ever since Jane-Ann shed her exoskeleton and got her pinchers sanded down, she has been considered by fashion designers to be a ten.
    Julie Klausner, New Yorker, 15 May 2025
  • Despite their appearance, earwigs (or pincher bugs) are typically harmless but can wreak havoc on plants.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2024

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“Footpad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpad. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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