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tiptoed

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past tense of tiptoe

as in padded

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How to carry the load safely Experts recommend choosing a backpack that fits the child and has two broad, padded shoulder straps, a padded back, compartments to distribute weight and a waist or chest strap to redistribute the load.

— Cheyanne Mumphrey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
This season’s combination of a sputtering offense and a shaky bullpen – exposed again Sunday as the Brewers padded their lead in the late innings – is already way too stomach-churning for Dodger fans.

— Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 17 Aug. 2026

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Barely an hour from the famed Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap, deminers with South Korean, Swiss and American flags on their uniforms and helmets, recently inched through a minefield, clearing the land one painstaking step at a time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Whether Kidman’s performance inched the price upward remains unclear.

— Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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Politics has crept into Florida classrooms under the DeSantis administration, and public school teachers are particularly vulnerable.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
By halftime, baldness crept between the hashmarks, especially on Highmark Stadium’s south end (to the right if sitting behind the Bills bench).

— Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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The Calabasas football team edged Alemany Friday, opening the season with a dramatic victory in a nonleague game.

— Daniela Gomez, Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
Stocks edged further from their record heights Monday after rising oil prices cranked up the pressure on inflation and financial markets.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

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To compile as comprehensive a list as possible, Szydlowski crawled Instagram and Reddit for photos of people wearing different types of smart glasses.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
As the whole team fought for their lives, Yerman, one of the only Marines with relatively minor wounds, crawled over to Capers.

— Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

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