dodder

Definition of doddernext

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Recent Examples of dodder Probably quite poorly, conjuring images of Trump doddering around on a golf course. Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 21 July 2024 Tel Aviv University biologist Daniel Chamovitz discusses dodder and many other fascinating plants in his upcoming book, What A Plant Knows, an excerpt from which appears in the May issue of Scientific American. Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2021 The Dodgers appeared to dodder in the first two games, running up huge pitch counts against Atlanta starters Max Fried and Ian Anderson, but failing to score a run in 14 of the first 15 innings. Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2020 As for pests, experts have identified a tiny wasp, two noxious weeds (water spinach and dodder) and a larval seed beetle. Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2020 Last, the researchers created a green fluorescent version of the flowering signal chemical, which provided visual evidence that dodder plant tissues can absorb the chemical and direct it to their flowering mechanisms. Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2020 Cassidy took control when the Bruins were doddering along at 26-23-6, both feet firmly planted on a path to a third consecutive DNQ. BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dodder
Verb
  • Arrivals were staggered with people having to wait for hours with nothing to do.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 July 2026
  • Airbnb, DoorDash, Reddit, and Snowflake all either shortened the 180 days or staggered them.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 3 July 2026
Verb
  • Once, somewhere in southern Virginia, Dad performed the customary lurch off the highway in the direction of a promising barbecue counter.
    Rachel Tepper Paley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026
  • The same boom-and-bust dependency on the oil industry, whose profits were now funnelled through the regime and its allies, kept the country lurching from one crisis to the next.
    Armando Ledezma, New Yorker, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Police continue to investigate why the driver was weaving and drove into the pole, Becchina said.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2026
  • Residents complained about teenagers popping wheelies through shopping centers, blowing stop signs, weaving around pedestrians and treating greenways like race courses.
    Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Verb
  • In an accompanying cartoon, Spark is caricatured as a sulking giant, tottering above the Tuscan countryside in a pair of high heels.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2026
  • Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026

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“Dodder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dodder. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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