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groped

verb

past tense of grope

as in fumbled

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 groped Love curated these parties to create a space where patrons don’t have to worry about their drink getting spiked, getting groped in the crowd, or their light being dimmed in any way, Love said. — Zuri Primos july 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Franken fake-groped a sleeping woman as a joke, and was then credibly accused of groping numerous women for real. — Katha Pollitt, Washington Post, 10 July 2026 The juvenile was allegedly approached by a man who tried starting a conversation and groped them. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026 In each incident, women were standing alone when the attacker grabbed them from behind and groped them, police said. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 June 2026 In a 55-page complaint, the singer alleged the music mogul had groped her on numerous occasions, once trapped her inside a locked car for two hours as a form of punishment, and threatened her life. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2026 The challenge required the men to handcuff themselves to the bed while the women, in blindfolds, groped around in the dark, attempting to find their couple and handcuff themselves to him. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 June 2026 Once in the pool, the man grabbed and groped the girl, police said. — Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026 Leverage Federal juries found Uber liable in two cases where one driver in North Carolina groped a woman and another in Arizona raped a woman. — Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026

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Lake Brantley appeared to have picked up the first down on third down but the ball was fumbled backwards to put the Patriots in fourth and long.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
After Carter Jensen flew out to deep center field, Caglianone tagged from second base and kept running toward home as outfielder Andy Pages fumbled the baseball out of his glove.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

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Just last year, the US reached a record high of such attacks, including its first fatality since 2022, according to a report published by the Anti-Defamation League.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
This death toll has been reached almost three times faster than in the 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa — the worst in history.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

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