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palped

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past tense of palp

as in touched

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Football cannot be expected to answer societal ills, but this is the sort of area in which the club’s foundation does its invaluable outreach work, a place touched by those statistics about deprivation and crime.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Either the Raiders have one of the best offensive lines in the NFL, or the Dolphins have one of the worst pass rushing units this season because Kirk Cousins’ jersey barely got touched.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

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The city felt vibrant and full of possibility, especially as Russia seemed firmly on its way to a democratic future.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The assumption was that the closer the system felt to a person, the more stable the interaction would be, and if the user ever noticed the seams, the illusion would collapse.

— Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

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When asked if the issues was personnel, in-experience, technique, assignment, discomfort, Tabor, who has been a special teams coordinator for five NFL teams over a 15-year period, brushed off the question.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Still, the performance of Denver’s defense in the opener can’t simply be brushed away.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of brushed

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Since the last time the area had been grazed, a year earlier, the grasses had grown to chest height and then folded under their own weight.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
The former owner of UnKCorked Wine & Spirits in Overland Park grew up in a small farm town, where meals came straight from the ground (or grazed upon it).

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Sep. 2026

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As the recording played, with Davis recounting seeing the ambulance that was carrying the rapper, Shakur’s sister clenched her left hand against her mouth.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
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

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