as in to shake down
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Recent Examples of pat down
The source said everyone entering the party was carded and patted down, including other notables.
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Brie Stimson , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
One Flew South The first and only location of Atlanta’s heralded fine dining airport restaurant that doesn’t require a TSA pat down, One Flew South opened in Inman Park in 2022, with an expansive patio directly facing the Eastside Trail.
—Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2025
In fact, a passenger who is visibly perspiring might trigger the need for a wand screening or extra pat down, according to a report from CNN.
—Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2025
Multiple witnesses identified Brown as the shooter, the warrant states, who was patted down and detained.
—Viola Flowers, NBC news, 13 June 2025
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And that’s important, especially as players age, because teams like the Dolphins seize on shaking down injured, or underperforming talent.—
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Julian dispatches Ares and his deputy, Athena (an imperious Jodie Turner-Smith), to the physical world, ordering them to shake down Eve for information about Flynn’s code.—
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Smith ran down the sideline and broke away from Livingstone’s defense inside of four minutes left in regulation, helping the Golden Bulls run out the clock.—
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For more than 50 years, the harrowing Vietnam War image, which shows a nine-year-old girl named Kim Phúc running down a road naked, her clothes burned off in a napalm attack, has been credited to an Associated Press photographer named Nick Út.—
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Upon arriving at Cumming's castle in the first episode, the group was eager to head to the initial blindfolded round table and find out whether they had been selected to play as a Traitor or Faithful.—
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During the second episode, Traitors Lisa Rinna, Candiace Dillard and Rob Rauches were given a chance to find out the secret Traitor’s identity.—
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Ovechkin then rifled home a wrister from the left circle to end a four-game goal drought.—
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Ovechkin then rifled home a wrister from the left circle to end a four-game goal drought and give the hosts a 5-1 lead near the midpoint of the second period.—
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Austin Abrams stars as a scuba diver who, while searching for his father’s (Josh Brolin) body, gets swallowed and must find a way to escape.—
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Police are combing through a Chicago condo searching for clues in a double murder case that started more than 300 miles away.—
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Burrow, who spoke with media after the Bengals lost 18-20 to the Cleveland Browns, seemed bothered by his 'do from the start, sitting down at the mic and instantly raking his lengthy bangs back with his hands.—
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As for the face touch, when he was raked across the face by New Orleans’ Jordan Poole, on a play ruled a transition take foul, Larsson smiled afterward.—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
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Miami Gardens police started investigating the incident New Year’s Day after the neighbor reported the shots fired on the 17000 block of Northwest 27th Avenue, an arrest affidavit said.—
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The Columbus Division of Police is investigating the matter as a double homicide and not murder-suicide, WSYX and CNN reported.—
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“Pat down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pat%20down. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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