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Recent Examples of toddle
At one point after six hours, Carmel toddled around the room in the dark, accidentally stepped on something, and started to cry.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
The father-son duo can be seen hanging out on the beach, with DDG on a lounge chair and Halo toddling around in the sand.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
In the video, Phoenix toddled between his mom and dad while Hilton posed for a photoshoot.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
Grant Park will always toddle on the tightrope of making the festival free and open to all while satisfying the ticket buyers who make that possible.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024
The father-son duo can be seen hanging out on the beach, with DDG on a lounge chair and Halo toddling around in the sand.
—Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024
In the video, Phoenix toddled between his mom and dad while Hilton posed for a photoshoot.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
Grant Park will always toddle on the tightrope of making the festival free and open to all while satisfying the ticket buyers who make that possible.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddle
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If the bottom falls out of, say, the Chinese real-estate market—among the largest asset classes in the world—the entire global economy could totter.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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The suspect, age 34, tottered out from a rear holding area in an orange DOC jumpsuit that was a size or two too large for his reed-thin frame.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
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Onlookers often see a chaotic show—politicians exploiting controversy, celebrities minting obscure tokens, and a sector seemingly lurching from one scandal to the next.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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With American soldiers still fighting in the Pacific theater, my father joined a war bond tour, lurching around the United States with some of the flag-raising soldiers to drum up financial support for what turned out to be the waning days of World War II.—
Hannah Beech,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Skype won attention in the 2000s for giving people a way to talk without paying the phone company, but stumbled in the mobile era and didn’t enjoy a major resurgence during the pandemic.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Those concerns came to a head during Biden's debate against now-President Donald Trump in June, when Biden sounded hoarse and appeared to stumble through several answers.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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Well, the floundering Heat hopes home is where the wins are.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2025
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Those regional efforts to resolve the crisis have floundered, and Mr. Kagame has also refused to attend recent peace talks.—
Ruth Maclean,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Among the official White House records housed in the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, in Atlanta, is a photograph of the late president shaking hands with an 80-year-old Black schoolteacher, Septima Poinsette Clark.—
Elaine Weiss,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2025
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George may be wild about her, but his trust in her is shaken.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Mar. 2025
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However, after transitioning to WWE's main roster, Black's momentum faltered, and he was ultimately released in 2021.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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The ability to navigate workforce reductions while continuing to invest in leadership development will distinguish thriving organizations from those that falter in the coming years.—
Jason Wingard,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Toddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddle. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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