toddles

present tense third-person singular of toddle

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Verb
  • But as the shutdown lurches through its fifth week, and legislators direct blame at each other, food pantries across the Kansas City area are left to grapple with the fallout.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Despite that notable change, watching One Battle After Another is much like the experience of reading Pynchon, who lurches from high comedy to stomach-turning naturalism and punctuates plot-heavy sequences with little grace notes of character portraiture.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Zoë’s first adaptation stumbles out of the gate — in large part because this show isn’t really her show.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
  • With the three Premier League stumbles and a grating 1-0 Champions League shutout to Galatasaray, Liverpool found itself with four uninterrupted losses for the first time since 2014.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And when New York falters, the ripple effects are often national.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • As time passes, pressure increases, communication falters, and every decision carries the weight of potential destruction.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Toddles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddles. Accessed 21 Nov. 2025.

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