stutter-stepped

past tense of stutter-step

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter-stepped
Verb
  • Bears quarterback Caleb Williams hit tight end Colston Loveland with a pass and the tight end barely evaded two Bengals defenders, who hit each other instead of Loveland.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Bills shut down Patrick Mahomes and evaded the Chiefs for the fifth straight time in the regular season to improve to a secure 6-2 mark.
    Torrey Hart, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Campaigning, Spanberger often sidestepped the historic potential of her candidacy.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Wi Sung-lac revealed no immediate progress on the lingering sanctions over THAAD, and sidestepped giving a direct answer on the submarine issue.
    Se Eun Gong, NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Yet, in a recent interview with fellow journalist Jorge Ramos, Mamdani dodged questions about whether Venezuela’s and Cuba’s rulers are dictators.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The lieutenant governor is adamant that transgender girls be excluded from sports teams and banned from bathrooms, while Spanberger has dodged the subject and claimed that school issues should be handled locally.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Things took a comic turn as the Unitree G1 slipped while walking over food bits.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
  • They can be slipped on hoop earrings and two different types of chains.
    Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Stutter-stepped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stutter-stepped. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.

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