[Python Patterns] Verify a list of IPv4 IP addresses

I like this one because of the obnoxious regex.

import re

def verify_ip_is_ip(ip_list):
    """ Verifies each IP address in list, returns sanitized IP list """
    # REGEX pattern to find/verify the IPs
    regex_exp = r"\b(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\b"
    new_sanitized_list = []
    for ip in ip_list:
        matched_ip = re.match(regex_exp, ip, re.MULTILINE|re.IGNORECASE|re.DOTALL)
        if matched_ip:
            print(matched_ip)
            new_sanitized_list.append(ip)
        else:
            print("BAD IP: {}".format(ip))
    print(new_sanitized_list)
    return new_sanitized_list

Output:

>>> ip_list = ['10.0.0.1', '192.168.1.1', 'bob']
>>> verify_ip_is_ip(ip_list)
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 8), match='10.0.0.1'>
<_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 11), match='192.168.1.1'>
BAD IP: bob
['10.0.0.1', '192.168.1.1']
['10.0.0.1', '192.168.1.1']
>>> 

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