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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
Between that and his missing half the season, the Bucks limped to a 50-loss season.
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John Hollinger,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Wrobleski limped away, finally able to react to the pain where the ball hit him.
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Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
Tunisia holding its breath Central midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, arguably Tunisia’s best player, limped off the field during a warm-up game against Austria, according to the Score.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
Earlier in the game, Knicks guard Jalen Brunson limped to the locker room after Spurs forward Harrison Barnes was pushed into his right knee.
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Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
The Dutch West India Company limped along in gradual decline before being dissolved in 1794.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 June 2026
The Twins limped into what is a big series against a division rival at Target Field on Monday, losers of five straight and minus a pair of starting pitchers — Bailey Ober and Simeon Woods Richardson.
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John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
1 June 2026
Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a game-high 35 points and nine assists but wasn’t enough to carry a Thunder team that limped to the finish line, dealing with fatigue and a slew of injuries.
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Cnn.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
George landed awkwardly and limped to the dugout in obvious pain, slamming his helmet to the ground.
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Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
23 June 2026
Wrobleski limped away, finally able to react to the pain where the ball hit him.
—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
Tunisia holding its breath Central midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, arguably Tunisia’s best player, limped off the field during a warm-up game against Austria, according to the Score.
—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
Earlier in the game, Knicks guard Jalen Brunson limped to the locker room after Spurs forward Harrison Barnes was pushed into his right knee.
—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
4 June 2026
The Dutch West India Company limped along in gradual decline before being dissolved in 1794.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 June 2026
The Twins limped into what is a big series against a division rival at Target Field on Monday, losers of five straight and minus a pair of starting pitchers — Bailey Ober and Simeon Woods Richardson.
—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
1 June 2026
Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a game-high 35 points and nine assists but wasn’t enough to carry a Thunder team that limped to the finish line, dealing with fatigue and a slew of injuries.
—
Cnn.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
31 May 2026
George landed awkwardly and limped to the dugout in obvious pain, slamming his helmet to the ground.
—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limped
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The resulting 6° to 7° C of global warming shuffled the makeup of plant and dinosaur species on land and caused a mass extinction of corals and other marine species.
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The company has since shuffled several leaders, including naming a new human resources chief and the company’s first chief digital officer.
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Once seen as the Fox News for the next generation of conservatives, the Daily Wire has stumbled over the last several years.
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Through a connection, Jobs stumbled upon what was then the computer animation division of Star Wars creator George Lucas’ production company Lucasfilm and was immediately impressed, wrote Walter Isaacson in his biography of the Apple cofounder.
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But as the crisis dragged on over six days and pressure from the families of the hostages grew, Israeli leaders gradually became more open to talks, according to a summary of the files released by the Israel State Archives.
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Around Christmas 2024 the Estlink 2 cable between Finland and Estonia went down after a shadow-fleet tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor across the seabed.
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Primary voters are much more likely to be progressives friendly to Mamdani’s brand of socialism, Honan said, seen in 2025 when Mamdani twice defeated Andrew Cuomo, the three-term centrist former governor who was hobbled by scandal.
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Peterson also became hobbled last season with hamstring and ankle injuries.
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Additionally, both of those players have struggled to provide consistent impact as finishers at the rim and aren’t useful as shooters.
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The Volkswagen Group has struggled with its internal software division (Cariad) for years.
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Chelsea Green crawled from under the ring and evened the odds.
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The animal eventually crawled under a dock.
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In the end that discussion was halted by Paramount’s superior bid.
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Just days after the White House confirmed the plans, a Kenyan court temporarily halted the proposal with Kenyan High Court Judge Patricia Nyaundi upholding that decision and ordering the Kenyan government to cease all building and operations at the base while the case is resolved.
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Instead of getting the victory at the 2025 Travelers Championship, Fleetwood, after a messy three-putt bogey at the 72nd hole opened the door for a Keegan Bradley walk-off birdie, trudged away with his sixth runner-up finish.
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Devers finally trudged off, hiding his face behind his helmet while barking something presumably terrible into it.
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“Limped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/limped. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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