palps

verb

present tense third-person singular of palp
as in palpates

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  1. palms
  2. feels
  3. touches
Verb
  • Sibley, trying to get between Popov and his friends, made contact with the teen, palms out and open handed, and Popov stabbed him in the heart, Jafari said.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026
Definition of palms
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  • At the Irish Rep, director Ciarán O’Reilly has brought O’Neill’s expressionist howl back for a swift, sturdy, smaller-scale revival that now feels unnervingly on-the-pulse.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • For the residents of Shelekhov, however, the official narrative of a routine pneumonia death feels completely disconnected from the sudden quarantine of 200 people.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of feels
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  • Before the city or state adopts or regulates an AI tool that touches housing, jobs, benefits or immigration, the people affected should be asked first.
    — Steven Choi, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Using private dollars to remake Crandon touches on a number of sensitive political and financial topics for Miami-Dade.
    — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of touches
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“Palps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palps. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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