grope
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Any extra light here is risky so we grope our way through the compound, following the heavily armed troops sent to escort us - stepping around makeshift tents, debris and sleeping people.
From BBC • Nov. 16, 2023
You grope your way through the phantom market, sometimes to the amused observation of waiting visitors.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023
“The Bravest — grope a little — And sometimes hit a Tree Directly in the Forehead,” the poet wrote.
From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022
“Here, everything is done in-house by FIFA. So it’s been a really long and arduous process. The terms have been incredibly difficult for cities to grope with.”
From Seattle Times • Jun. 15, 2022
‘I have done better, though now I must grope for spent arrows; all mine are gone. Yet I make my tale twenty at the least. But that is only a few leaves in a forest.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing grope
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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The Cay
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"Marriage is a Private Affair" by Chinua Achebe
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