toddle

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Recent Examples of toddle Grant Park will always toddle on the tightrope of making the festival free and open to all while satisfying the ticket buyers who make that possible. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024 On a recent morning, a 16-month-old boy toddled up a small embankment to touch wind chimes hanging from trees. Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024 In a video, the Chrissy & Dave Dine Out star's son toddled across a lawn. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024 In one clip, the little boy confidently toddled across the family's lawn. Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for toddle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddle
Verb
  • European auto sales charts are filled with red ink as economies totter but a rare positive story surrounds Toyota’s premium subsidy Lexus, which will be helped by its newest electric vehicle, the RZ 300e.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • America was full of hope, tottering hastily toward a technological age filled with grand expectations for the future.
    Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Peskov referred to the 2014 Maidan Revolution that began after then-President Viktor Yanukovych suspended Ukraine’s preparations for signing an Association Agreement with the EU, in a move seen as cutting ties with the West and lurching back into the Kremlin’s orbit.
    Lex Harvey, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
  • But these things come in cycles and football clubs tend to lurch from one short-term opportunity to another.
    Richard Amofa, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
Verb
  • Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King of Halloween Town, stumbles upon the neighboring Christmas Town, with its mysterious artifacts like snow, carols, and elves.
    EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Set in a society ruled by sentient AI, the film follows a private investigator who stumbles upon a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord while investigating a murder case.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Cheniere Energy’s midstream entity has mostly floundered over the past year, largely because of that Sabine Pass terminal.
    Brett Owens, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Each helicopter in the distance, each blood-curdling howl, each suspenseful dose of dissonance serves to intensify the film’s mental burden, creating a gut-wrenching abyss of mounting despair that nods to the era, 1978, when Chile was floundering under the hushed state violence of Augusto Pinochet.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • In the space of six hours on Tuesday and Wednesday, Yoon shook the global community of democracies by suspending ordinary law.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Ulta also raised its full-year outlook slightly as the beauty retailer shook off fears that the company was facing increasing competition and slowing demand for makeup and skincare.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Efforts to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas faltered last month after Qatar halted talks with mediators from Egypt and the United States, citing frustration with the lack of progress.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The reality is apparent: if internal dynamics falter, external stakeholders will sense the dysfunction immediately.
    David Nour, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Toddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddle. Accessed 14 Dec. 2024.

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