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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patted down
Verb
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The piers of an unfinished, elevated toll road, the Skyway, ran down the center of one of the streets, Gregorio Araneta Avenue, which also happened to be the home of Manila’s new boom industry, a mile-and-a-half-long strip of funeral homes, florists, and crematoria.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Gold buttons ran down the front placket of the coat, while the midi skirt of the coat flowed for a sense of movement.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Strong quickly found out how difficult this comeback was still going to be.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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On a recent flight from Doha, Qatar, to Delhi, Mohd Rizwan found out.—
Christopher Elliott,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Jan. 2026
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With the exception of air travel, Americans have not previously had their faces routinely scanned by the government.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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Then one held his cellphone inches from Martinez’s face and scanned his features, capturing the shape of his eyes, the curves of his lips, the exact quadrants of his cheeks.—
Garance Burke,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Patted down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patted%20down. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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