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as in shuffles
to walk while favoring one leg
she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler
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as in stumbles
to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually
the damaged boat limped back into port
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as in drags
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 limps
None at all leads to slow, pale, sad-looking growth that limps through the season.
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Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
The unchanged chain was dubbed Ethereum Classic, which still limps along today, though its market cap is far less than 1% of actual Ethereum.
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Emin Gün Sirer,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
Falsehood scales instantly; correction limps behind.
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Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
Every time one player returns to the court, another limps off.
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Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2026
After the midterm elections are over, the focus gradually shifts to the next presidential election, and the incumbent president increasingly limps like a lame duck.
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Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
4 Jan. 2026
Aside from creating the maze and covering it in snow, Pawbert limps his way through the maze, very much in homage to Jack Nicholson’s character.
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Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Nov. 2025
Tymere Jackson suffers a blow to his groin, and limps off the field.
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Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Nov. 2025
When there is much spectacle, substance limps behind, and that must be the judgement of what was achieved between India and China at Tianjin.
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Shyam Saran,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
The unchanged chain was dubbed Ethereum Classic, which still limps along today, though its market cap is far less than 1% of actual Ethereum.
—
Emin Gün Sirer,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
Falsehood scales instantly; correction limps behind.
—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
Every time one player returns to the court, another limps off.
—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
6 Feb. 2026
After the midterm elections are over, the focus gradually shifts to the next presidential election, and the incumbent president increasingly limps like a lame duck.
—
Susan Shelley,
Oc Register,
4 Jan. 2026
Aside from creating the maze and covering it in snow, Pawbert limps his way through the maze, very much in homage to Jack Nicholson’s character.
—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Nov. 2025
Tymere Jackson suffers a blow to his groin, and limps off the field.
—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Nov. 2025
When there is much spectacle, substance limps behind, and that must be the judgement of what was achieved between India and China at Tianjin.
—
Shyam Saran,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for limps
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At the sound of morning prayers, an older Clarissa awakens from this dream and shuffles out to her lawn, where the leafy bush has been replaced with the industrial skyline of Lagos.
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Tristan returns home and greets James while Siegfried shuffles the woman out the window.
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In it, the man stumbles around, blinded by the sun, surrounded by insensible tourists.
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The conversation stumbles on for a few moments, but Crook can’t find the words.
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There’s a sense that Kaprizov depends too much on Zuccarello and that Zuccarello drags Kaprizov into the east-west game that’s the opposite of how the Wild want to play.
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As the search drags on, the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday commended police for their efforts after weeks of shooting incidents brought international attention to the city’s gun violence problem as thousands of soccer fans visit for the FIFA World Cup.
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Major marine war risk providers have started to scrap cover for vessels operating in the Persian Gulf as the fallout from a sudden security shock hobbles key shipping routes in the region.
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Carolyn switches her nail color from a bold red to a blander shade; John hobbles out of his George magazine office wearing a cast on his left ankle due to a paragliding accident.
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Laila struggles to balance her musicianship with her social life.
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In Proof, how has playing Robert, who’s brilliant but also struggles with mental health, stretched or transformed your range?
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Seltz’s system crawls hundreds of millions of pages a day, and returns results in under 200 milliseconds.
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At sunset, the city starts glowing around you while traffic crawls silently below.
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The countywide legislation halts zoning and permitting processes for data centers and BESS sites in unincorporated areas of Jackson County for 180 days, which sponsor Sean Smith and other legislators have said will create time for the county to set more detailed permanent land use policies.
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But the publishing machine never quite halts, and the coming months do star a (smaller) collection of exciting new releases.
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The second is a vent which pokes out above your clothes, to move warm air away from you.
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Perched on a finger of land that pokes into Lebanon, Metula is usually crowded with tourists this time of year.
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