tiptoe

He is betting the Western alliance will be healthier if America’s allies candidly air their disagreements with the president, rather than tiptoe around him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

Put all together, investors may remain understandably uneasy about the topic, even if they start to tiptoe back into oversold areas.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

We tiptoe around finances because we’ve been programmed by society to link our personal value to our financial status.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 7, 2026

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.

From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2025

Joe stood on tiptoe to read the sign near the front door.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

That mordant humor, however enjoyable, tiptoes around the unanswerable question of how, or even whether, we can tell the difference between cosplay and the real thing.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

On that overcast morning with the F-150, Hummel stood on his tiptoes and reached both arms overhead into the tight crevices under the pickup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Behind them, a slim figure reaches up on tiptoes, but the 1-month pad is still out of her reach.

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025

As the hearing ended, some of Mr Combs's supporters lingered at the door, on their tiptoes hoping to catch a sight of the rapper as he was escorted away.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024

I stand on my tiptoes, and I see Sheriff Sanders standing on the stairs of the courtroom building, right behind a podium with a microphone.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

Goddard has tiptoed into using AI to draft opinions, with her oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026

That first morning, with coffee in hand, I tiptoed into the lounge, sank into an armchair and watched the desert sprawl while wispy clouds clung to the horizon under a brightening sky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

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?

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2025

In a haunting approach, the parents tiptoed toward an eerily lifelike replica of their child’s body and carefully transferred the silicone doppelgänger to an operating table.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2024

He tiptoed down the hall and went down the stairs by twos—it was only the third and the ninth ones that squeaked, so his descent was totally silent.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Any hope Gianni Infantino might have had of tiptoeing away from the scene of his World Cup private-investment wreckage having sustained only minor damage to his reputation disappeared on Saturday.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Investors tiptoeing back into Chinese stocks may want to consider companies that would benefit both from the rise of AI and a potential effort by Beijing to boost consumption.

From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025

“Be back in a minute,” Peggy Jo told her mother, tiptoeing past her room.

From Slate ● Nov. 15, 2025

Instead, the strategic calculation appears to have been that you can fold some of the groypers back into mainstream conservativism, but only by tiptoeing around the flaws of their putative leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025

I gave up on the front door and picked my way around the side of the house, tiptoeing between the square stones that constituted the Rezaeis’ landscaping.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram