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Recent Examples of toddle
On this trip back to the mountain village, children and chickens toddle around, and Elba scrubs laundry in an outdoor basin.
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Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
The sight of hundreds of tiny turtle hatchlings toddling their way down to the lapping ocean waves is the surest way to take your breath away.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
As players cleared the court, Ares could be seen with his mom, toddling across the hardwood with a basketball in hand, chasing after loose balls and even giving dribbling a try before his dad scooped him up.
—Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2025
The cost of transport while flying works out to be about 36, but just 14 while crawling, meaning that the robot is more than twice as efficient while toddling along on the ground.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2016
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Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
The sight of hundreds of tiny turtle hatchlings toddling their way down to the lapping ocean waves is the surest way to take your breath away.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
As players cleared the court, Ares could be seen with his mom, toddling across the hardwood with a basketball in hand, chasing after loose balls and even giving dribbling a try before his dad scooped him up.
—Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2025
The cost of transport while flying works out to be about 36, but just 14 while crawling, meaning that the robot is more than twice as efficient while toddling along on the ground.
—IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddle
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Models are tottering on the cobblestoned Bond Street with their heels getting stuck in the rivets.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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Now, even that tiny effort is tottering.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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And while navigating Washington isn’t getting any easier, world leaders are starting to lurch out of a wait-and-see mode and chart their own paths to prosperity.—
Shelly Banjo,
semafor.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile the Caliente Range — those mountains just to the west — are lurching the opposite way.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The show follows Nicky (Levy) and Morgan Dardano (Taylor Ortega), a pastor-and-teacher sibling duo from New Jersey who stumble into organized crime after Morgan steals a necklace from a postal store to bury with their dying grandmother.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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When a character speaks English, an accent is employed and the manner is often a bit stumbling.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Even as Asymmetric floundered, McCann remained active in the crypto world, often posting several times a day to his more than 100,000 X followers.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
16 Apr. 2026
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In the deal’s wake, though, Saks floundered, experiencing a 16 percent drop in sales year-over-year from the quarter ending in June 30, 2025, for example.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
16 Apr. 2026
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The starts were violent, ground-shaking and painfully loud.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Apr. 2026
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People may want to shake off the branches of trees within reach.—
Alan Gionet,
CBS News,
18 Apr. 2026
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In Southern California, researchers are applying the approach to eelgrass, a type of seagrass, as traditional restoration methods falter.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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The match was an Olympics of desperation as the Ducks broke their six-game freefall and San Jose faltered in a must-win position.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
10 Apr. 2026
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That’s why – so far, at least – Iran isn’t wavering.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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That commitment has never wavered from my side.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Toddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddle. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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