grope

as in to fumble
to search for something blindly or uncertainly she groped in her purse for her car keys groping for the right answer

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Recent Examples of grope This past March, he was arrested for groping a 22-year-old on a flight from Chicago to Seattle, but reports of his misconduct date back to 2023. Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 May 2025 The palace’s black walls, a dungeon with rattling chains, a man in tuxedo and ram’s head groping a naked woman, Young Salome in her Wednesday Addams outfit — the whole gestalt teeters on the verge of black comedy and kitsch. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2025 The assistant had also accused him of groping her buttocks and her breasts during three separate incidents on the set. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025 Two women say the 76-year-old actor groped them on the set of the 2022 film Les Volets Verts. Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 12 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for grope
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  • United goalkeeper Altay Bayındır fumbled the ball on the edge of his area, allowing Villa forward Morgan Rogers to take possession and put the ball into the net.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 26 May 2025
  • Minnesota Vikings: Aaron Jones — Jones came up in the discussion about fumbling, but that will not stop him from being the leading backfield producer for the Vikings.
    Jake Ciely, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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  • Vera Wang also continues to create custom haute looks for celebrity red-carpet appearances.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
  • Speculation about Justin’s declining health has spiked after his public appearances have shown him looking tired and run-down.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • Chain Of Reasoning: What steps were taken to reach the answer?
    Doug Shannon, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • Estimates differ, but savings from its demise could reach the tens of millions of dollars.
    Antoinette Burton, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2025

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“Grope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grope. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.

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