toddling

present participle of toddle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddling
Verb
  • But while the new movie dawdles on its way to Toxie’s origins, then rushes toward a finale with a lurching rhythm that verges on calculated ineptitude, its spirit never feels inauthentic.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The result, nearly eight months into his second term, is an economy that appears to be lurching into a new era of state control.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The surprising exception is that the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and other Western countries are floundering.
    Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Domestic competitors were interested in acquiring the floundering manufacturing unit.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The episode ends with a surreal, graphic deepfake scene of a totally nude Donald Trump stumbling around a desert.
    Nick Marx, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Inside the agency, Dudek, ill-prepared for leadership or for DOGE’s murky agenda, was stumbling through the chaos in part by creating some of his own.
    Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Toddling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddling. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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