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tiptoed

verb

past tense of tiptoe

as in padded

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Tampa Bay, meanwhile, padded the American League’s best record to remain four games in front of the New York Yankees in the AL East.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
The Red Sox jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, padded it with home runs by Anthony Seigler and Wilyer Abreu and got six strong innings from starter Sonny Gray, who allowed one run.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 11 July 2026

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Authorities offered no immediate crowd count as the truck crept down the street.

— Nasser Karimi, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
When the rain cleared, an American flag that covered most of the outfield was unfurled during the national anthem, and the fog slowly crept in.

— Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

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Kayla McBride scored 14 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter, Olivia Miles added 23 points after missing two games and the Minnesota Lynx edged the New York Liberty 90-85 on Saturday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
Manzambi sat out of that game, in which Nati edged the South American squad on penalty kicks after 120 scoreless minutes.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026

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Hull testified that Robinson later returned in different clothing, walking with a limp, rolled onto the roof of a building on campus and crawled to the edge of the rooftop around the time the shot was fired.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

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