toddle

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Recent Examples of toddle Grant Park will always toddle on the tightrope of making the festival free and open to all while satisfying the ticket buyers who make that possible. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2024 On a recent morning, a 16-month-old boy toddled up a small embankment to touch wind chimes hanging from trees. Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 May 2024 In a video, the Chrissy & Dave Dine Out star's son toddled across a lawn. Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024 In one clip, the little boy confidently toddled across the family's lawn. Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for toddle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for toddle
Verb
  • European auto sales charts are filled with red ink as economies totter but a rare positive story surrounds Toyota’s premium subsidy Lexus, which will be helped by its newest electric vehicle, the RZ 300e.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
  • America was full of hope, tottering hastily toward a technological age filled with grand expectations for the future.
    Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Boeing has been lurching from crisis to crisis since January when the door panel blew off a near-new 737 MAX plane in midair, leading to the departure of Kelly's predecessor, Dave Calhoun.
    Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Rather than succumbing to intoxication over the killing of Nasrallah and lurching into a full-scale, devastating regional war against Iran, Israel should take advantage of its current battlefield edge and Hamas’s and Hezbollah’s weakened state.
    Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The Denver Nuggets have stumbled to a bumpy start this season, even while being generally healthy.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The search party has stumbled upon two marble statues—the amplituhedron and now surfaceology.
    Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Even the author herself has floundered when she’s tried to update her style for the 21st century.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • After the military seized power in a coup in 1962, Myanmar became internationally isolated, its economy floundered, and insurgencies grew—which ultimately resulted in the resignation of military leader Ne Win in 1988.
    Koh Ewe, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Over the next few years, a plague of disorder will descend upon America, and maybe the world, shaking everything loose.
    David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Maybe that’s why World Cups end with the two teams shaking hands, one offering congratulations and the other condolences, and elections don’t.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Were Russia to falter in the war and start seeking an exit, countries outside Europe could be vital to the ensuing diplomacy.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
  • After the recession took hold and the business faltered, Valley bought the company back to reposition it as a direct-to-consumer brand and launched an e-commerce business Alvin Valley Direct.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024

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“Toddle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toddle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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