Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footpads
Noun
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Police arrested one of four snowball bandits caught on camera clobbering the cops with snow.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
28 Feb. 2026 -
Traditional western dramas were more likely to depict vaqueros as bandits than hard-working ranch hands whose contributions were fundamental to the American West.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But only one of the robbers, a man named Derrick DeBruce, decided to shoot Battle.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Burton and other robbers left the store when Battle entered and exchanged words with DeBruce, according to court testimony.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Data brokers collect your personal information legitimately, while hackers and identity thieves don’t attempt legitimacy.—
Neil J. Rubenking,
PC Magazine,
5 Mar. 2026
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The thieves stole about $6,000 from the pizzeria.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The park also pointed out a Junior Ranger booklet's mention of female pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries dressing like men to hide among ship crews.—
Karin Brulliard,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Legend has it that pirates let pigs colonize the island to create their own personal food source, but now their Instagrammability draws a steady stream of day-trippers from Nassau.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Oak Lawn police said Johnson was part of a group of burglars who broke into two businesses and smashed open video gambling terminals to steal cash.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Des Cars has acknowledged that the museum's cameras failed to spot the burglars and that there were not enough cameras monitoring the building's perimeter.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
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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But give people a chance to ditch these sneaky little time-stealers for a night, and most will take it.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Footpads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpads. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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