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tiptoeing

verb

present participle of tiptoe

as in padding

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Several women’s World Tour teams have raised concerns that cyclists on rival teams are padding their sports bras to give them a boost in time trials, according to leading Dutch cycling news site, WielerFlits.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Aug. 2026
After getting some quick sniffs in and padding around the yard for a while, Jimothy retreated into the bushes surrounding the yard.

— Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of padding

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Audiences embraced the films for their creeping realism and slow-building scares, which transformed ordinary bedrooms, hallways and home security cameras into places where something terrifying might be lurking just outside the frame.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
That has sent oil prices creeping higher for weeks, edging closer to $100 a barrel.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of creeping

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Chris Bell is inching closer and closer to making his NFL debut on Friday in the Miami Dolphins’ preseason finale against the Atlanta Falcons.

— Omar Kelly August 25, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Given the city’s limited ability to enforce the fines, Rowan acknowledged uncertainty about whether speeds will begin inching back up.

— Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of inching

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One of the groups was seen leaving about three hours afterward, according to the NYPD, while the second odd circumstance ended after individuals were seen crawling out and leaving in a vehicle more than two and a half hours after.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Nidhi imagined the baby crawling around in her mother’s body, desperately seeking the uterus, and, failing to find it in its proper place, quietly shrivelling up and dying.

— Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of crawling

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Bhegar Tamang’s daughter Yangri set off to buy goods from her local store in her Nepali village edging the border with China on Wednesday.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Fulham are outplayed but given encouragement, going behind, clawing back, Josh King a dervish, behind again, edging back, seeing more of the ball and pushing for a draw.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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