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tiptoed

verb

past tense of tiptoe

as in padded

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Andruw Monasterio padded the lead with a two-run single in the ninth and scored on Nick Sogard's RBI double.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
This design helps the pillow stay in place without shifting and many even include a backrest and padded arms.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of padded

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Specialists on the phone with their clients kept their paddles in the air as the bids inched higher and higher.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of inched

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Tech has crept into every facet of everyday life, like an invisible fog of ones and zeros.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
The height of this strategy shift was the Sneak Attack by Roger (SABR), in which Federer crept forward to return opponent’s serves almost on the half volley, shortening points and taking away time from his opponent.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of crept

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Her fancy galloon may have once edged a cap or other garments, now serving as the only indication of her elevated social class.

— Mike McRae August 25, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
In the painting, this loaf of bread is carefully laid on her lap over a towel edged with blue stripes.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026

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