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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of grope.

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Examples

  • And so in my own way I kind of groped, over the next ten to fifteen years, largely through music, which is the only art that the poor are offered training in, in this country.

    The Aspen Ideas Festival 2006

  • And so in my own way I kind of groped, over the next ten to fifteen years, largely through music, which is the only art that the poor are offered training in, in this country.

    The Aspen Ideas Festival 2006

  • But then, after being released and taken to the hospital, she recanted to a police officer -- saying that she had not been raped but rather "groped" by some of the players.

    Doubts About Duke 2007

  • From the lede of this article:A policewoman today told how the former vice-master of a Cambridge college "groped" her while making a "pervy Benny Hill noise" after inviting her to his room for gin and tonics.

    Best Quote Ever 2006

  • In this fashion we "groped" our way with considerable rapidity.

    The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Mayne Reid 1850

  • The incident was not the only thing to affect the pair, with 27-year-old Kate - who had earlier been seen sitting on Alexander's shoulders in the crowd - getting upset with a female festivalgoer who approached hunky Alexander and "groped" him.

    The Earth Times Online Newspaper 2010

  • The incident was not the only thing to affect the pair, with 27-year-old Kate - who had earlier been seen sitting on Alexander's shoulders in the crowd - getting upset with a female festivalgoer who approached hunky Alexander and "groped" him.

    ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News 2010

  • As the drink took over the authorities later heard that he 'groped' the 17 year-old daughter of rugby league legend Wayne Pearce.

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • This morning, Ike Davis phoned in to WFAN and was asked about being 'groped' by Fernando Tatis, who, along with several other players, caught him flipping over the railing catching the final out of last night's game:

    MetsBlog.com 2010

  • The 57-year-old Bennett acknowledges he "groped" the girl, according to the station, citing

    Latest Articles 2010

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