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toddled

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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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The offence that shook baseball in October appeared again, leading the Jays to their second-largest margin of victory this year in an 11-0 win against the Cleveland Guardians.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Several heavy explosions shook Kuhestak, with fireballs that lighted up the night sky, according to security camera recordings carried by the semiofficial news agency Fars.

— David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of shook

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Plaintiffs are so far hard to find Trump’s other tools to impose his protectionist agenda already have floundered in court.

— Paul Wiseman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
Plaintiffs are so far hard to find Trump’s other tools to impose his protectionist agenda have already floundered in court.

— Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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