toddle

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Recent Examples of toddle Then, seemingly inspired by the gold medal-winning athletes, Benson slowly toddled toward his proud parents while Chiles, 23, held onto his hands. Erin Clack, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024 At one point after six hours, Carmel toddled around the room in the dark, accidentally stepped on something, and started to cry. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024 The father-son duo can be seen hanging out on the beach, with DDG on a lounge chair and Halo toddling around in the sand. Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 23 July 2024 In the video, Phoenix toddled between his mom and dad while Hilton posed for a photoshoot. Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for toddle
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  • Through a popular uprising and a long and hideous civil war, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime tottered at times, but held on, propped up by allies Russia and Iran.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Buruma has much to say about the shifting sands of loyalties as the Nazi and Japanese empires collapsed and the dominions of the old European imperialist powers tottered.
    Max Hastings, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2013
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  • My stomach dropped as my seat lurched backwards, pointing me towards the shoreline.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • As the war lurched into its fourth year, Russian losses of tanks, fighting vehicles and other heavy equipment had exceeded 20,000, according to the analysts at the Oryx intelligence collective, which confirms each loss with imagery from the front line.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • How did the world’s two largest economies stumble toward a trade war that neither truly seeks and which the rest of the world can’t afford?
    Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 29 Apr. 2025
  • In 1857, Sam stumbled into the job that would shape his identity.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • On Ukraine, Trump has been sounding increasingly desperate as his efforts to broker an end to the Russian invasion have floundered.
    Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2025
  • While Newcastle dreams of Champions League qualification to add to its first domestic trophy win in 70 years, Manchester United is floundering in the bottom half of the Premier League table.
    Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The United States Geological Survey reports that light shaking could be felt as far southeast as Bursa, which is approximately 97 miles south of Istanbul.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • On Tuesday, not so much, the Lakers showing their clear dominance in every area backed by a legendarily springtime loud home crowd that annually shakes, rattles and rolls.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Musk’s comments about his time allotment come just hours after a group of eight Democratic state treasurers wrote to the chair of Tesla’s board about the company’s faltering performance.
    Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025
  • There were days their hitters faltered, their starters struggled, their relievers were unreliable.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2025

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“Toddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddle. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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