as in to fumble
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 grope
Lakewood police are searching for a man accused of groping women around the metro area on an electric mini-bike.
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
Jessica Leeds, one of the women, testified that Trump kissed and groped her on an airplane in 1978 or 1979.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
Combs allegedly groped a former Da Band member and berated her bandmates.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Faraji also alleges that Dixon groped her buttocks during an office birthday party.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
Jessica Leeds, one of the women, testified that Trump kissed and groped her on an airplane in 1978 or 1979.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
Combs allegedly groped a former Da Band member and berated her bandmates.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Faraji also alleges that Dixon groped her buttocks during an office birthday party.
—Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grope
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The seventh season will no doubt spotlight Leclerc’s win in his native Monaco, Norris fumbling his first WDC and Carlos Sainz’s search for an F1 seat after Hamilton’s shock move to Ferrari.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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Snoop Dogg couldn't fumble the opportunity to roast the nearly 50-year age gap between football coach Bill Belichick and his girlfriend at the NFL Honors.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
7 Feb. 2025
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As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes just lost 65-52 to an undefeated UCLA team and will look to get back on track on Saturday in another top matchup.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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Superstars such as Pink and Cardi B were turning down the chance to perform because the NFL, while still popular, looked increasingly uncool with the under-30 crowd.—
Bloomberg News,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2025
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Maryland improved to 20-6 overall and 10-5 in the Big Ten and reached 10 wins in the conference for only the second time in the last five years (11-9 in 2022-23, coach Kevin Willard’s first season).—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
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Primeau, also reached Saturday night, had a flashback too.—
Pierre LeBrun,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Grope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grope. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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