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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patted down
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When Oden walked onto the floor for the start of the third OT, Boise State coach Leon Rice ran down the sideline, waving the real-time box score that is distributed to the teams and media during timeouts; the printout had Oden with five fouls.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026 -
The team security guard who ran down the back hallway, ecstatic.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Jan. 2026
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Acrisure Stadium is one of the trickier places to kick in the NFL, as Loop found out last week when his potential game-winning kick sailed wide right on the final play.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Although Anna kept the violent incident to herself for years, her mother later found out about what happened to her daughter.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Buildings tilt as their foundations settle into the softening soil, including critical radar installations that have scanned the skies for missiles and bombers since the 1950s.—
Paul Bierman,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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The technology was trialled at last year’s Intercontinental Cup, where the players of Flamengo and Pyramids FC were scanned before their meeting in December.—
Dan Kilpatrick,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Patted down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patted%20down. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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