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toddled

past tense of toddle

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Verb
  • When he was sacked amid boardroom disputes in September, owner Evangelos Marinakis lurched in another direction.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Instead of taking a low profile and playing down any claims to Taiwan’s independent status like his more cautious DPP predecessor Tsai Ying-wen, Lai has lurched toward formal independence with a succession of speeches making the case for Taiwanese nationhood.
    Lyle Goldstein, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Avs stumbled out of the starting blocks the past two seasons.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Three years ago, two Sudanese men stumbled into a police station in the desert town of Tazirbu.
    Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • And Tagovailoa shook off that early interception with a 9-yard scoring pass to Malik Washington — capping a ferocious seven-minute, 92-yard drive — and then a 38-yard TD strike to Jaylen Waddle.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Miller finished with 129 yards on 18 carries, while Jayden Maiava shook off a poor day throwing the ball with 62 yards and a touchdown on 11 attempts.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Broncos special teams floundered, giving up a 72-yard return on their first kickoff and generally losing the field-position battle.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In 2025, shares have floundered on investor concerns about how generative AI might disrupt the per-seat revenue models of software as a service (SaaS) companies like Salesforce.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Toddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddled. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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