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Recent Examples of footpad
The wide footpads give the rider leverage for acceleration, stopping and turning.
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William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Spiders, cockroaches, beetles, bats, tree frogs, and lizards all have varying-sized sticky footpads that use these same forces.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
The deck is 40 inches long and 10 inches wide at the footpads.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The cost of a Pint X with the larger footpads, folding handle and performance tire adds up to $1,480.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2024
Simply center the tool directly over the weed, press it firmly into the ground using the footpad, and then lean the handle towards the footpad.
—Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2024
Remove your foot and lean the tool toward the side with the footpad and the weed should pop right out.
—Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2024
Because of the unexpected lateral velocity, however, engineers believe one of the lander's six footpads either hit a rock or got caught in a crevice, causing the spacecraft to tip over.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander, coming down faster than expected and moving slightly to one side at the moment of touchdown Thursday, apparently caught a footpad on the lunar surface and tipped over onto its side, officials said Friday.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
William Roberson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Spiders, cockroaches, beetles, bats, tree frogs, and lizards all have varying-sized sticky footpads that use these same forces.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
The deck is 40 inches long and 10 inches wide at the footpads.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
The cost of a Pint X with the larger footpads, folding handle and performance tire adds up to $1,480.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2024
Simply center the tool directly over the weed, press it firmly into the ground using the footpad, and then lean the handle towards the footpad.
—Christina Shepherd McGuire, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2024
Remove your foot and lean the tool toward the side with the footpad and the weed should pop right out.
—Kaitlin Gates, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 July 2024
Because of the unexpected lateral velocity, however, engineers believe one of the lander's six footpads either hit a rock or got caught in a crevice, causing the spacecraft to tip over.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander, coming down faster than expected and moving slightly to one side at the moment of touchdown Thursday, apparently caught a footpad on the lunar surface and tipped over onto its side, officials said Friday.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for footpad
Noun
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But after a bandit attack leaves the children orphaned, the son dies.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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To make matters worse, it is hosted by former Family Feud kissing bandit Richard Dawson (who, let the record show, is a fantastic movie villain).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Shortly before midnight on May 23, 1798, highwaymen just north of Dublin intercepted and set on fire a mail coach headed to Belfast.—
Joseph Patrick Kelly,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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The sybaritic highwayman Macheath maneuvers between a cutthroat capitalist milieu (Mr. and Mrs. Peachum) and a corrupt police force (led by Tiger Brown) while seducing daughters from both worlds (Polly Peachum and Lucy Brown).—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The film features our beloved returning team members (Luther, Benji, and Ilsa) as well as new faces like the enigmatic thief Grace (Hayley Atwell); Gabriel (Esai Morales), an assassin who knew Ethan in his pre-IMF life; and Denlinger (Cary Elwes), the Director of National Intelligence.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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In Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning (2023), Atwell made her debut as Grace, a thief with questionable loyalties who becomes Ethan Hunt’s (Tom Cruise) new ally.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The burglar then removed the painting and fled from the home — and remains on the run, cops said Wednesday.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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The burglars did not enter the actors' main home, but the couple was not home at the time anyway, sources said.—
Alex Stone,
ABC News,
20 May 2025
Noun
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The Sea Witch By Eva Leigh Canary Street Press: 448 pages, $19 (Aug. 26) Leigh has penned a pirate romantasy with an ultra-hot relationship at its center.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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However, the sugars in a molasses spray caused an increase of beneficial insects such as adult lacewings, lady beetles, weevil parasitoids, big-eyed bugs, minute pirate bugs, and adult hover flies.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Despite their appearance, earwigs (or pincher bugs) are typically harmless but can wreak havoc on plants.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 July 2024
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The Lego creature sported a pincher on its head and brandished a whip-like tail.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Footpad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/footpad. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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