tiptoes

present tense third-person singular of tiptoe

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  • With BeyondMimic, that vision inches closer to becoming everyday technology.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
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  • In Israel, talk of controlling all the territory, of clearing it of Palestinians, of ethnic cleansing, and of Jordan-is-Palestine, edges its way into the mainstream.
    Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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  • In the footage, the dog hilariously crawls under the blanket, which had slipped down the side of his crate, and ends up pulling it completely off.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Dead Bug Ab-cross crawls support overall ab strength.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Tiptoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiptoes. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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