toddle
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Bethany Handley practically lived outdoors from the time she could toddle.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
“She had immense power, but she was perfectly happy to toddle around in the kitchen, making everyone coffee and being the grandmother,” Mirren said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
Beckham watched his son, Zydn, toddle outside an auditorium before he walked in.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
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
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
In all the confusion, a kid who looks like a kindergartener toddles around the corner.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
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
Around 5:30 a.m. on Feb. 24, his young son Platon toddled up to a window in their apartment in the Kyiv suburbs and looked down at the street.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
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
Naomi tapped a floury fingerprint on Baby Joe’s nose as he toddled past in one of his many tours around Muff’s kitchen table.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Not to be outdone by the Silent Generation, 2-year-old Rhea also showed up, first clinging to her mom, then toddling around on her own as if she owned the place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2025
"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
The players’ kids toddling around the locker room receive the lesson as soon as possible.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024
At an age when his sisters and brothers had been talking and toddling around, he still lay docilely in his parents’ laps.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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