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
  • The American staggered out of the gates at Royal Portrush last year to an opening 78, but played the final three rounds in a blazing 16-under-par.
    Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • Employers staggered work schedules, commuters mapped alternate routes and many residents avoided the city altogether.
    Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • For example, New York endured weather whiplash on July 18 as the city lurched from a heat wave and smoke pollution from Canadian wildfires to flash flooding from slow-moving thunderstorms that dumped a few inches of rain in a short period of time.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 23 July 2026
  • Investors have followed Burnham's path to 10 Downing Street with some consternation, amid fears of a leftward lurch by Labour and a more fiscally loose approach to public spending.
    Hugh Leask, CNBC, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • And throughout their exchange, Paul weaved in his analysis of Fauci’s actions to frame the one-sided conversation his way.
    ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
  • The podcast, which launched in 2025, focuses on a single sad track as a means for artists to weave personal narratives.
    Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Outside, a gull tottered to the window and tapped its beak against the glass.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 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 1 Aug. 2026.

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