tiptoe

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The windows tell the story of Tiptoe, a spunky reindeer trying to believe she could fly.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2021

Welcome to Tiptoe Floorboard, a nasty little village, presumably in the North of Ireland, where the John Doe Community Centre Group enjoys a stranglehold over the town’s affairs.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2020

Tiptoe near the topic, and Silverstone makes it witheringly clear that proceeding further would be, as Cher Horowitz of “Clueless” would groan, a major party foul.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2018

In fact, their producer, Richard Perry, had just scored a novelty hit with Tiny Tim’s Tiptoe Through the Tulips.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2018

Tiptoe on the toilet seat, she peered into the mirror, trying to blow bubbles with her Juicy Fruit gum.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord