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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  • Woman Makes 'Creepy' Find In Thrift Store By Alice Gibbs Senior Life and Trends Reporter Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member news article 0 A thrift store shopper from Scotland stumbled on something unexpected in her local store when a beautiful glass paperweight caught her eye.
    Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Contractors renovating a historic home in Belgium stumbled upon the entrance to a secret tunnel identified by archaeologists as an escape route from World War I.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • What was supposed to be one of the best defenses in baseball — at least by internal expectations — has floundered through 15 games.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2025
  • But with four of their starters on the bench, the Bulls mostly floundered through a loss that could have been penciled in the moment the lineups were set.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
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  • The back-and-forth over tariffs shook confidence in U.S. leadership, exposed fractures within Trump’s team and rattled companies that rely on global sources for products and international customers for sales.
    Time, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Lakers star LeBron James shook his head when asked about the play.
    Jovan Buha, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • If the book falters, the production numbers – some based on famous Marilyn images and tropes, like the Seven Year Itch‘s subway grate scene, and the Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend bit – are suitably flashy.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Even before the tariffs, Tesla’s business was faltering.
    Lora Kolodny,Ari Levy, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025

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