as in to shake down
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Recent Examples of pat down
Before he could be patted down, Acosta allegedly became uncooperative and combative, so troopers handcuffed him, state police said.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
Eight of victims allege either being patted down or strip-searched.
—David Litman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
Suddenly, at around 8:15 p.m., a quarter-hour after the game was initially supposed to kick off, the southwest gates were opened and fans flooded in without tickets being checked or anyone being patted down or passing through metal detectors.
—Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
An officer asked me whether I had been patted down before.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2024
Eight of victims allege either being patted down or strip-searched.
—David Litman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2024
Suddenly, at around 8:15 p.m., a quarter-hour after the game was initially supposed to kick off, the southwest gates were opened and fans flooded in without tickets being checked or anyone being patted down or passing through metal detectors.
—Paul Tenorio, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
An officer asked me whether I had been patted down before.
—Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pat down
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Prosecutors said that Pastor began shaking down developers within months of taking office.Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 12 Dec. 2024
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The drug dealers who stole the oil company’s plane — and who lost a lot of money in the accident in the series premiere — show up to a derrick and try to shake down Tommy.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 8 Dec. 2024
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And one Ukrainian crew turned their eight-wheeled Stryker infantry fighting vehicle into a weapon—and ran down, and over, at least one hapless Russian soldier trying to dodge on foot.David Axe, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Quartz’s Bruce Gil runs down the most recent developments.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
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Ask your line manager for support and find out what internal resources are available in your current workplace's learning and development department, or if there is any upcoming training you can be enrolled in.Rachel Wells, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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In the summer and fall of 2023, three researchers from a small Russian collective called the Public Sociology Laboratory, or P.S. Lab, travelled to three different regions across Russia, to find out what people thought about the war in Ukraine.Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
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Johnson made a dizzying series of moves before rifling the puck between Kochetkov’s pads.Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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In the end, the inability to get a decisive third goal was costly, as, with just three minutes of normal time remaining, Jorgen Strand Larsen rifled in an equalizer to share the points.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
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The problem here is, rather obviously, that as more people search for VPN apps, so more people are in danger of falling into the SEO poisoning traps set by the playfulghost threat actors.Davey Winder, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
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Three seasons removed from his last 1,000-yard campaign, the 29-year-old was searching for an opportunity to compete for a championship in the waning years of his career.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Just rake some into a portion of the yard and leave them over winter.Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
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The controversy was somewhat Shakespearian: To rake or not to rake?Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2024
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The Times reviewed and analyzed hundreds of videos posted to Chinese social media sites by Tibetan boarding schools, state media and local propaganda departments that showed how the schools operate and serve the party’s objectives.Chris Buckley, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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Through a search warrant, law enforcement reviewed Leedy’s account on a social media application not named in the motion, which showed there were several other minor victims, the motion said.Antonio Planas, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Both Gonzalez and Machado are being investigated by the attorney general's office for alleged conspiracy, but only Gonzalez has a public warrant out for his arrest.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
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But Bell Limbrick says Linda Hoos, USC’s vice president and Title IX coordinator, told her the same day that the firm’s actual intent was to investigate complaints and reports of misconduct by Bohn, including her own.Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Pat down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pat%20down. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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