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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddle
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Dina Tomczak, the school’s athletic director, tottered into her office having barely slept.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The nation is tottering on the edge of dictatorship.—
Robert B. Reich,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2025
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Juventus are lurching from one coach to the next with no real vision for the future, while the once-mighty AC Milan will miss out on Europe altogether next season and the likes of Fiorentina, Torino and Parma – all having won major trophies in the past – are shadows of their former selves.—
Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Wednesday’s primetime debate between the leaders of the five main political parties in the Great North has changed its start time to avoid clashing with a hockey game that could lurch the Montreal Canadiens into this year’s NHL playoffs.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2025
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While sorting through storage in their Rhode Island studio to prep those reissues, Ivy stumbled upon a treasure trove of reel-to-reel tapes and old hard drives with unused material.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2025
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On a remote island in northern Norway, metal detectorists stumbled upon a pair of bronze treasures.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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His insistence on the existence of another, better version of the country should be instructive to many floundering Democrats — especially considering the extent to which his words captured Donald Trump’s attention.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
25 May 2025
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Here is a look at where Sheets has been 45 games into each of his five MLB seasons, the first four of which were with the White Sox: The White Sox made the playoffs his rookie season but floundered after that and last season lost an MLB-record 121 games.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) after a signing ceremony following their bilateral talks at Kumsusan state residence in Pyongyang, on June 19, 2024.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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The ban, now on emergency pause by Burroughs, already has shaken some of the world’s brightest thinkers at a school often heralded as a premier global hub of higher learning.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
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If trade negotiations falter, these tariffs could take effect, potentially igniting a trade war and unsettling global markets.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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But after a flagrant foul by Clark against Reese on Saturday, all the prior talk from each athlete about a lack of a rivalry seemed to falter.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2025
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“Toddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddle. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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