grope
Example Sentences
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Vandier said AI is turning military intelligence analysis from a task of groping in darkness for targets to one of sifting through piles of them.
I got down on my hands and knees and crawled to the edge of the shelf and groped along to the bridge that connected the shelf to the polar ice.
From Literature
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Luckily, I’d glimpsed a space between two of them before darkness descended, and I groped my way to it while Yao seemed to fall into instant slumber.
From Literature
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We’ve been groping through this land of disbelief for some time now.
From Salon
The board groped its way through early decisions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.