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toddled

verb

past tense of toddle

as in lurched

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Markets have lurched up and down as oil prices shot higher because of the war with Iran.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
His car lurched forward with Miller’s arm still reaching through the window, briefly dragging the cop down the street.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of lurched

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But most of the attempts to scale sodium-ion cells stumbled over short lifespans and poor heat tolerance.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
In her attempt to get away, the woman stumbled and injured her leg, screaming for help the whole time, police said.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of stumbled

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Like a lot of us who tottered into consciousness in the second half of the 20th century, Les Claypool grew up with cartoons from the family television beaming into his retinas.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026
Outside, a gull tottered to the window and tapped its beak against the glass.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 July 2026

Definition of tottered

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have decided to move from from their Montecito idyll to the United Kingdom in mere weeks, news that generated countless headlines and shook royal society to its core.

— Chandler Tregaskes, Vanity Fair, 22 Aug. 2026
The temblor set off emergency quake alerts on mobile phones and also significantly shook Tokyo.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of shook

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For nearly four years, Villa have represented reliability, emphasised by what has come of direct rivals who have floundered under the weight of change.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Apple has also had commercial disappointments, like the Vision Pro headset, and floundered on its Siri assistant.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 25 July 2026

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