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toe

[toh] / toʊ /


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Ideally, it’s an ongoing relationship with a doctor who can take the time to decode why, for instance, that pain in your toe might be a warning of a serious heart condition.

From Slate Aug. 22, 2026

Now stand heel to toe on a firm surface, with your eyes open, for — ideally — 30 seconds.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

"They all toe the line, and they keep telling me: 'Boris, you get it, don't you? One step in the wrong direction, and we're finished.'"

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Why not decorate all of our college athletes like stock car drivers, covering them head to toe in logos for banks, tech companies, candies, soft drinks, sunscreens, insurers, hardware stores and ultraprocessed snacks?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

One of Tano’s shoes is torn from heel to toe, revealing sections of his bare foot underneath.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

A proper old-fashioned tussle with Marmoush at times, who kept him on his toes.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

The bird, which feeds on vegetation and insects, has long, bright yellow legs and toes that it uses to gracefully make its way through the wetland.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

In the initial stages, she could not lift her legs or wiggle her toes.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

The coming days will include a handful of events that should help keep bond traders on their toes.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

She sticks one leg out and pulls her toes back toward her body to stretch her calf.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Vitello earned a reputation as a brash, fiery leader with unmatched people skills whose teams toed the line between confident and cocky.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

In 2018, Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance, toed the party line after Beijing shut down ByteDance’s jokes app.

From Seattle Times Mar. 13, 2024

For the past 50 years, El’Zabar has toed the line between fashion and music, the present and the future, American jazz and West African compositional structure.

From New York Times Mar. 5, 2024

At first, however, she toed the PR line.

From BBC Oct. 23, 2023

I toed one of the paper piles on the floor, trying to peek at what was written on it.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

The event, Petito says, does "a really good job of toeing the line... for pushing the advocacy side and not the exploitative side of victims and their families and loved ones".

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

During my three weeks covered in glowing sensors, I found myself toeing the line between mindful self-improvement and algorithmic overload.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

When it came to shoes, though, Murkowski showed little interest in toeing Trump’s line.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

I don’t want to add to the din of numbness and a kind of toeing the capitalist line.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 17, 2024

I am trying once more, toeing the line.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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