as in to fumble
to search for something blindly or uncertainly
she groped in her purse for her car keys groping for the right answer
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Recent Examples of grope
Lakewood police are searching for a man accused of groping women around the metro area on an electric mini-bike.
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
Jessica Leeds, one of the women, testified that Trump kissed and groped her on an airplane in 1978 or 1979.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
Combs allegedly groped a former Da Band member and berated her bandmates.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Faraji also alleges that Dixon groped her buttocks during an office birthday party.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
Jessica Leeds, one of the women, testified that Trump kissed and groped her on an airplane in 1978 or 1979.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
Combs allegedly groped a former Da Band member and berated her bandmates.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Faraji also alleges that Dixon groped her buttocks during an office birthday party.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
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The seventh season will no doubt spotlight Leclerc’s win in his native Monaco, Norris fumbling his first WDC and Carlos Sainz’s search for an F1 seat after Hamilton’s shock move to Ferrari.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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Snoop Dogg couldn't fumble the opportunity to roast the nearly 50-year age gap between football coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend at the NFL Honors.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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As part of the study, researchers looked closer at the diversity of these communities in the four evacuation zones by using U.S. census and elementary school data to develop a profile of the people living there.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
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Those looking for a complete, back-up-the-truck-style trade deadline, like the one Cubs President Jed Hoyer executed in the summer of 2021, were left disappointed when the new semirebuild plan wasn’t really explained.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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The company gained 35 million total monthly average users in Q4 — its highest-ever fourth quarter net adds — to reach 675 million at year-end, and paid subscribers grew by 11 million (matching the record gain in Q4 2019) to hit 263 million.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2025
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With an audience of that size, ad prices have reached a record, with a few ad spots reportedly selling for a record $8 million and even $8 million-plus for 30 seconds.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Grope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grope. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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