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
  • The crew called the lead flight attendant onboard, but within a few seconds, the airplane lurched.
    Alexandra Skores, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In the end, UnitedHealth paid a bitcoin ransom worth some twenty-two million dollars, and the system lurched back online.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The chances of you strolling up to a domain registrar and snapping up a domain worth thousands of dollars is about the same as stumbling upon a Jackson Pollock in a thrift store.
    Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In Northern California, the San Francisco Giants stumbled to another losing season in 2024.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Their running game has floundered since J.K. Dobbins’ knee injury.
    Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Hire too early, and the journalist may flounder without the necessary infrastructure to support their work.
    Rhea Wessel, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot delves into a crime that shook the town of Channelview, Texas, in 1991.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Warner, however, was looking to shake things up and get Bogart out of being typecast as a gangster.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • As the defense has faltered against better opponents, the offense has regressed, as well.
    Daniel Popper, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Lindner also spoke ahead of Monday's vote, and blamed the coalition's downfall on its inability to come up with solutions to boost the country's faltering economy, which in turn alienated voters.
    H.J. Mai, NPR, 16 Dec. 2024

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

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