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She isn’t being morbid or wallowing in sadness; she’s inspired by a practice in Bhutan aimed at cultivating happiness and reducing anxiety about mortality — by thinking about death five times a day.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
23 May 2026 -
Most like to be clean, although wallowing in the mud does help keep them cool and protected from insects and the sun.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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The move comes one year after the team promoted Saleh to general manager after another round of shuffling in its front office.—
Lauren Williams,
AJC.com,
27 May 2026
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The room was full of journalists and no supporters, so as the race call that Paxton won went out, the only sounds were fingers tapping at keyboards and television reporters shuffling in front of cameras to prepare to go live.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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Julian’s shambling charm wears her down, the elder statesman challenging his younger peer’s view on their industry.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
10 Apr. 2026
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The Walking Dead keeps shambling along, now splintered into a bunch of pretty lackluster spinoffs.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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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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“Weltering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/weltering. Accessed 2 Jun. 2026.
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