footpad

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Recent Examples of footpad The wide footpads give the rider leverage for acceleration, stopping and turning. 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
  • Then one day, Moses the Black is struck with the horror of it all and joins a desert monastery, where he's eventually killed by another group of bandits.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Instead, her love interest is a charming bandit named Jonathan (Andrew Burnap), cut from the same cloth as the animated Flynn from Disney’s Tangled.
    Josh Spiegel, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Written by Fielding, Richard Naylor and Jon Brittain, the series followed the contemptuous life of the 18th-century highwayman, known in York, England, as a thief, poacher and killer but whose exploits have been widely romanticized in modern culture.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In the irreverent retelling of the 18th-century highwayman’s life, Turpin is the most famous but least likely of robbers, whose success is defined mostly by his charm, showmanship, and great hair.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In this British-American heist comedy, a group of jewel thieves—including con artist Wanda Gershwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis), her lover Otto West (Kevin Kline), stuttering animal lover Ken Pile (Michael Palin) and gang leader George Thomason (Tom Georgeson)—pull off a major diamond robbery in London.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Laundry detergent is a top target for thieves, according to the National Retail Federation's 2024 National Retail Security Survey.
    Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In Drag, a routine robbery at a rural house turns into a nightmare for two amateur burglars when one of them throws their back out.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Peterson has maintained that Laci was abducted by burglars.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The scene in Richard Donner's 1985 adventure comedy The Goonies in which the ragtag group of child explorers finally uncover the mythic pirate ship is one of the film's most unforgettable.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Chan plays Sergeant Dragon Ma, a police officer battling both pirates and gangsters in Hong Kong, and corruption within his law enforcement ranks.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The brown crustaceans are about 2 to 3 inches long with 10 legs, with two of them being pinchers in the front.
    Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2025
  • 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 16 Apr. 2025.

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