toddle
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Bethany Handley practically lived outdoors from the time she could toddle.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
When she was younger, Malaya Majam-Finch would toddle into the living room of her grandparents’ quaint house in La Mirada and find, essentially, an open-air trophy case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2023
But at New York Live Arts in Manhattan this weekend, they will be encouraged to crawl, stand, rock, toddle and even lie down.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2021
But there are threats that we haven’t evolved to perceive, and need to learn about, which is why your kid won’t eat broccoli but will happily toddle toward an electrical outlet, bobby pin in hand.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 3, 2020
The child had done nothing more than toddle into her path.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
Lisa now toddles around in a summer dress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
She keeps busy taking care of Varvara, now 2, who toddles everywhere with no fear and loves British chocolate.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
My youngest happily toddles alongside them, though she has no friends closer to her own age.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2020
She scrambles from my arms and toddles fast and fearlessly into the surf.
From Salon ● Feb. 1, 2019
Holding her hand, I attempt to lead Geak to sit on the sheets, but she pulls out of my hand and toddles over to Pa. He picks her up and holds her to his chest.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
My brother’s lungs were formed in West Louisville, where he toddled on plump baby legs toward all the people who loved him.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
And so every weekday morning, a stream of little research subjects toddled off of a school bus, into the lab.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
Rene opened a gate and toddled into the road, where a Route 5 streetcar was returning to Seattle.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
The door to the visitation room swung open, and a boy not more than 3 feet tall toddled behind his mom and big siblings, bundled in a big winter jacket.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
She toddled around, standing on tiptoe to touch the ceiling with her fingers.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
"Lauren would just be toddling along at the side and I'd be walking ahead, pretending I'm all independent," adds Raye.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
These are exactly what they sound like: reels of A.I.–rendered babies dressed in cute little costumes, with giant eyes and smiling mouths, toddling down a runway.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2024
His power is not merely confined to his toddling whimsy or our longstanding friendship with him.
From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024
She looked at her daughter, Moska, 1, toddling around the living room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2022
She never had to look after him unless she was in a mood to, because if he wasn’t toddling around after me, he was with Mary Toy, unless he was with Mama or Queenie.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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