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Stack each quarter on top of each other, and pat down into a rectangle again.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 May 2025
In one of the videos, obtained by CNN from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, Dali can be seen proceeding through the security checkpoint’s body scanner, and getting a pat down while wearing a tan shirt over a grey hoodie and jeans.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
The White House posted a video to its social media account this week that featured footage of migrants in handcuffs being patted down by Border Patrol and put on a plane.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 22 Mar. 2025
In the Instagram video posted by the White House, the song could be heard playing in the background as the camera panned to show a man in handcuffs getting patted down by Border Patrol on a tarmac.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 5 May 2025
In one of the videos, obtained by CNN from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the airport, Dali can be seen proceeding through the security checkpoint’s body scanner, and getting a pat down while wearing a tan shirt over a grey hoodie and jeans.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2025
The White House posted a video to its social media account this week that featured footage of migrants in handcuffs being patted down by Border Patrol and put on a plane.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 22 Mar. 2025
In the Instagram video posted by the White House, the song could be heard playing in the background as the camera panned to show a man in handcuffs getting patted down by Border Patrol on a tarmac.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Pat down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pat%20down. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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