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palped

verb

past tense of palp

as in touched

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When governance is embedded in the data itself, organizations can generate authoritative and auditable records of the data that every agent touched, when it was accessed and under what policy conditions.

— Rick Vanover, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
In Hama, the wounds are 44 years old; the city was hollowed out, every family touched by loss.

— Lina Sergie Attar, Time, 6 Aug. 2026

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Tarik Skubal could have been wearing a Rays hat or a Brewers hat if either organization felt comfortable parting with prospects.

— Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
But with this hypothesis the siblings felt they had been given the freedom to dream for the first time—the very time a miracle might just happen.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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When the Wall Street Journal asked Alito about calls for his own retirement, Alito brushed it off as what happens with a role that is a lifelong appointment.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
The Daily Dividend In an interview with CNBC yesterday, Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su brushed off Elon Musk's comments about SpaceX exclusively using Nvidia chips.

— Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026

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Diaz, who was driving, suffered minor injuries after a bullet grazed her head and hand, KTVB reported, adding that she was treated and released at the hospital the same day.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 7 Aug. 2026
The suspect allegedly fired the gun, and the 25-year-old was grazed in the leg.

— Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

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Clad in the world champion’s rainbows, Evenepoel clenched both his fists, beamed a toothy grin, and hugged his soigneur.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026
The White House Key Facts A rendering of the passport shared by the White House on Friday shows Trump presumably leaning over the Resolute Desk, fists clenched, alongside his signature and text from the Declaration of Independence.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

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