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The spending that was originally anticipated for the fourth quarter is pushed forward tot the first quarter of 2026.
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Counter to most of the men on the series, Snook’s husband, actor Dave Lawson, was able to take on parenting responsibilities, bringing their tot to set so they could play during lunchtimes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
When you tot up the balance of alleged irreparable harms here, it isn’t even a close call.
From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2024
The unforced errors continued to tot up from Murray and it helped Etcheverry, still playing at a high level, cruise to only his second win at Melbourne Park.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2024
Maybe the pink-faced kid was thirteen or fourteen, and the tot maybe three or four.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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Add in some fried potatoes, like French fries and tater tots.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Lamb Weston, based in Idaho, has a market value of close to $6.5 billion and is a major producer of frozen-potato products including french fries, hash browns and tater tots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Lawrence has two tots under 3; Pattinson, a toddler.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
"Henry missed out on a lot of social interaction, going to mum and tots groups and things like that," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2024
A correspondent writes us that to see some of the tiny tots pretending to be the “bloofer lady” is supremely funny.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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But Anisimova was annoyed with herself too, as she totted up 44 unforced errors to Pegula's 21 and made seven double faults.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
And in Ancelotti they have a coach with the Midas touch, in charge of players who have totted up so many wins in this competition and know how to get the job done.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
An on-air graphic totted up the final score: 34 guilty, 0 not guilty.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
Zookeepers tempted squirrel monkeys onto scales, totted up tarantulas and used a curry-scented measuring stick to coax Sumatran tigers to stretch out.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
One Sunday soon afterwards, I sat down at the kitchen table with my trail log and a calculator and at last totted up the miles I had done.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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When parents arrive at the end of the school day, the children spring into action; holding customer's bags, totting up totals and, in Edward's case, upselling a tin or two.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026
We might worry about the quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases totting up in the atmosphere, or feel increasingly nervous about tiny, naked-to-the-eye particles of pollution, especially in car-choked cities.
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2021
Their own insularity prevents no one in this book from totting up the ethical and empathic deficits of others.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
After totting up the newborn neurons in each section, he tapped the number into a statistics program.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2015
Lady Linlithgow sat, totting up her figures, but said nothing.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope