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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of wand.

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Examples

  • Kates said that although she flies about once a month, the only other time her bra has set off alarms in an airport was while she was being "wanded" in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

    Woman Removes Bra To Get Through TSA - The Consumerist 2008

  • Try to read the first sentence below and not turn "wanded" into a euphemism, we dare ya.

    Woman Removes Bra To Get Through TSA - The Consumerist 2008

  • Personally I'd much rather be x-rayed than patted down or "wanded".

    <a href="http://althouse.blogspot.com/2006/12/well-is-this-nsfw.html" title="Well, is this Ann Althouse 2006

  • Looks to me like these people are just the people who set off the metal detector, get asked to step on the mat and get "wanded".

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • Looks to me like these people are just the people who set off the metal detector, get asked to step on the mat and get "wanded".

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • Every customer - Jew, Christian, Muslim - gets "wanded" with a metal detector by a security guard on the way into the store.

    Pajamas Media Shellie Ben-David 2010

  • The cartons had to be moved from the pallets to be "wanded" with a device that detects trace amounts of explosives - just like passengers are frequently pulled aside and wanded before boarding a plane.

    Latest News 2010

  • Looks to me like these people are just the people who set off the metal detector, get asked to step on the mat and get "wanded".

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

  • The cartons had to be moved from the pallets to be "wanded" with a device that detects trace amounts of explosives - just like passengers are frequently pulled aside and wanded before boarding a plane.

    Latest News 2010

  • They will be "wanded" with a hand-held metal detector and subjected to a pat down, she said.

    buffalonews - Home 2010

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