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as in shuffled
to walk while favoring one leg
she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler
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as in stumbled
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
the damaged boat limped back into port
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as in dragged
to move slowly
we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time
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Recent Examples of limped
By the time Sega backed out of the hardware race post-Dreamcast, Shinobi mostly limped on with a couple of 3D entries for PlayStation and Nintendo platforms before fading into obscurity.
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Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Sears limped into bankruptcy in October 2018.
—Michael Cannivet, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
He was hit low on a 6-yard rush in the first half, went to the tent, then limped to the locker room.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
Not long after pulling off his long reception, Mingo limped off the field and had work done with the medical staff.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
The Jets’ other quarterbacks on their roster are Adrian Martinez, who spent all of last season on their practice squad, and undrafted rookie Brady Cook, who limped off the field during team drills after injuring his ankle.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Dickerson put one arm around Mailata, another around a trainer and limped toward the sideline.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Sydney Colson left Indiana's game against Phoenix with a non-contact left knee injury, and Aari McDonald suffered a right foot injury and limped off the court.
—Chloe Peterson, IndyStar, 8 Aug. 2025
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Sears limped into bankruptcy in October 2018.
—Michael Cannivet, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
He was hit low on a 6-yard rush in the first half, went to the tent, then limped to the locker room.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2025
Not long after pulling off his long reception, Mingo limped off the field and had work done with the medical staff.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
The Jets’ other quarterbacks on their roster are Adrian Martinez, who spent all of last season on their practice squad, and undrafted rookie Brady Cook, who limped off the field during team drills after injuring his ankle.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Dickerson put one arm around Mailata, another around a trainer and limped toward the sideline.
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Sydney Colson left Indiana's game against Phoenix with a non-contact left knee injury, and Aari McDonald suffered a right foot injury and limped off the court.
—Chloe Peterson, IndyStar, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limped
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Budget cuts are about to bring big changes to San Diego’s 37 neighborhood library branches — including shorter hours, shuffled staff and rescheduled activities.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Sep. 2025
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Over the past two months, he’s been shuffled through three detention centers despite attempts to pay a bond set by the immigration judge.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
22 Aug. 2025
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And arguing with the benefits of a difficult tuneup game can be a useless point, especially as Napier stumbled in from a practice that ran almost 10 minutes long, gearing up for USF.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Closer Bryan Abreu stumbled but has earned the benefit of the doubt with the dominance he’s displayed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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His life was going nowhere, until his brother Scott dragged him off the couch and convinced Dean to sign up with his acting coach, Bill Esper.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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Mitchell was then dragged outside to the valet area, and a female Hyatt employee grabbed a broomstick and struck Mitchell with it.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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With Garland hobbled by his toe injury, Jerome got forced into a larger role, and the Pacers exposed him as Cleveland's weak link.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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While appearing radical at the time, the revamping of scientific boards to include more industry representatives, the undoing of power plant rules and the lessening of enforcement hobbled but did not completely undo the agency.—
Barbara Kates-Garnick,
The Conversation,
26 Aug. 2025
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Most notably, the Chargers struggled to contain Mahomes in the pocket.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Fighter jets have long struggled to integrate AI into radar systems due to limited space, power, and processing capacity.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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On Wednesday, a similar scene closely followed as the funeral procession for Kansas City, Kansas, police officer Hunter Simoncic crawled along through the highways and streets in the community Simoncic worked to keep safe.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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Eby crawled across a ladder over the water to the vehicle, then crawled back with the child on his back, the video shows.—
Don Sweeney,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Those companies not only halted competition between their own brands, but also began cooperating with each other, the complaint alleges.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Wednesday’s Stage 11, scheduled to finish in the city of Bilbao, was halted about 3 kilometers early, and no winner was declared.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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As boos rained down from the Philly crowd and Carter trudged to the locker-room, TV cameras showed Carter appearing to spit at Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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In front of me Elis Holmes trudged along, picking out the best going, searching for moose paths that led around the worst of the down stuff, breaking trail through the thimbleberries.—
Ben East,
Outdoor Life,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Limped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limped. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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