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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 Ibarra and an unspecified number of his friends reportedly groped a woman at the Buena Vista party. — Logan Smith, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 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 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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The company, which offers credit cards used to make rent and mortgage payments, had fumbled a critical transition, leading to confusion and financial stress for its customers.

— Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
On his second drive, Tagovailoa fumbled the snap from center and the Dolphins recovered.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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That’s the group of free agents who garner the most attention, players who have reached six years of service time or more.

— Evan Drellich, New York Times, 28 Aug. 2026
The companies’ interest in the Monarch data center shows how the feeding frenzy for compute has reached a new pitch as AI companies look to nail down capacity amid the AI buildout.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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