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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patted down
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Everyone inside the building ran down the emergency stairs.
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Byron Buxton scorched a double into the gap that Andy Pages ran down and, without stopping, whipped back to Betts as the cutoff man.
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After the investigation was complete, authorities found out the couple had retained cremation or disposal services for a total of 11 dogs across four different businesses.
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How does Ken think customers found out about the changes that Cracker Barrel was about to ram through?
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People planning to visit CityWalk, and not the theme park, do not need a ticket to enter but are subject to the same park security protocols — waiting in line to go through a metal detector and have your bag scanned.
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Now, Seales and his team have scanned 45 scrolls.
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“Patted down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patted%20down. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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