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tiptoe

adjective as in walking on toes

verb as in to walk cautiously or stealthily

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Like Carrie’s playful tiptoe stride through the streets in heels, the show pranced around topics that, had it walked through them with intention, would have given the series traces of its former self.

Brooks and Gordon carefully tiptoe the line between stereotype and commentary, creating a tension for the audience that holds us until the film resolutely jumps toward the latter side.

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With half trepidation, half glee I tiptoed over the wide red smear, following it to its source: a crime scene in space.

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But having tiptoed cautiously throughout its first year in office, the question is whether this government can convince those potential investors that the economic vision is real?

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Tulleys Tulip Garden in Hatton, near Warwick, features more than 100 varieties of the flower with visitors able to tiptoe through them until 5 May.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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