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tiptoed

verb

past tense of tiptoe

as in padded

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Some of the contracts appear to have been padded to pay bribes to Diamantis.

— Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Sanoja padded Miami’s lead with a two-run homer off reliever Colin Rea in the seventh.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

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The Astros inched closer to getting a new stadium in downtown Houston 30 years ago this month.

— J.R. Gonzales, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026
Though Best Original Song can seem impenetrable, as the Music Branch that determines the shortlist and nominees for the category has its own insular politics, Swift has inched her way closer to a nomination with every song she’s written for a film.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2026

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Orange is 5-0 for the first time since 2017 and has also crept into the final spot of The Times’ top 25 rankings for the Southland.

— Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
Twisty the clown crept around, Rubber Man made a second appearance, and black dahlias festooned every table.

— Lauren Sanchez, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of crept

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However, layoffs remain low, with the latest data showing that first-time claims for unemployment insurance edged down to 197,000 last week.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, Hurricane Nolo could still bring torrential rain to parts of Hawaii even as the storm edged away from the state.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

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In a historic first, two olive ridley sea turtles crawled out of the sea within the second week of September and laid their eggs in pits of sand in Seal Beach and Huntington Beach.

— Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
The technology isn’t perfect, Walsh said; if Gus had crawled beneath a bush to sleep, the camera wouldn’t necessarily find him.

— Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026

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