as in fumbled
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 groped
The juvenile was allegedly approached by a man who tried starting a conversation and groped them.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2026
In each incident, women were standing alone when the attacker grabbed them from behind and groped them, police said.
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Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
In a 55-page complaint, the singer alleged the music mogul had groped her on numerous occasions, once trapped her inside a locked car for two hours as a form of punishment, and threatened her life.
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Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
The challenge required the men to handcuff themselves to the bed while the women, in blindfolds, groped around in the dark, attempting to find their couple and handcuff themselves to him.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
Once in the pool, the man grabbed and groped the girl, police said.
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Larry Seward,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
Leverage Federal juries found Uber liable in two cases where one driver in North Carolina groped a woman and another in Arizona raped a woman.
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Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
My body, however, had become an object of desire—I was catcalled, harassed, or groped on the way home from the movies or school.
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Leila Mottley,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
Police are looking for a man who has groped at least two women recently at the Silver Lake Reservoir.
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Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
26 June 2026
In each incident, women were standing alone when the attacker grabbed them from behind and groped them, police said.
—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
In a 55-page complaint, the singer alleged the music mogul had groped her on numerous occasions, once trapped her inside a locked car for two hours as a form of punishment, and threatened her life.
—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
15 June 2026
The challenge required the men to handcuff themselves to the bed while the women, in blindfolds, groped around in the dark, attempting to find their couple and handcuff themselves to him.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
Once in the pool, the man grabbed and groped the girl, police said.
—
Larry Seward,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
Leverage Federal juries found Uber liable in two cases where one driver in North Carolina groped a woman and another in Arizona raped a woman.
—
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2026
My body, however, had become an object of desire—I was catcalled, harassed, or groped on the way home from the movies or school.
—
Leila Mottley,
Vogue,
27 Apr. 2026
Police are looking for a man who has groped at least two women recently at the Silver Lake Reservoir.
—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for groped
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But in her concentration, Porsha fumbled her words, which made the Faithfuls, who were desperate for a crumb of evidence so early in the game, suspicious of her sincerity.
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Before that, Tampa Bay fumbled scoring opportunities in five of the first seven innings and stranded five overall.
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White detailed a bizarre, almost miraculous weather event that saved the outdoor fight night just as things looked grim.
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Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys, and the intrepid revolutionaries of 1776 would have looked a lot like the people of 2026.
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Historic heat Since Thursday, heat in the East has broken at least three dozen daily high temperature records, many warmest-low-temperature records as heat reached levels that some cities haven’t experienced in more than a decade.
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Just as Argentina was set to take on Cape Verde, FIFA’s Fan Fest at Bayfront Park reached capacity.
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“Groped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groped. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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