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[tot] / tɒt /




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By full-time, BBC Sport pundit and former Arsenal defender Martin Keown was joking a calculator might be needed to tot up the number of times Room had bailed his team out.

From BBC Jun. 21, 2026

The spending that was originally anticipated for the fourth quarter is pushed forward tot the first quarter of 2026.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

A homeless services center is in the works too, and a tiny tot playground, torched several months ago, will be rebuilt in the new year.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 19, 2024

When you tot up the balance of alleged irreparable harms here, it isn’t even a close call.

From Slate Mar. 19, 2024

Here’s a hint: If you can substitute a noun for the ing word—departure in place of going, for example, or habit tot smoking—then treat it like a noun.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

While Mic Drop offers some of the food you’d typically find at a karaoke lounge such as tater tots, truffle popcorn and pizza, the venue has some surprising options as well.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 23, 2026

Lamb Weston, based in Idaho, has a market value of close to $6.5 billion and is a major producer of frozen-potato products including french fries, hash browns and tater tots.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 8, 2026

Pair it with fresh-baked french fries or tater tots and an assortment of dips, whether that’s hot sauce, salsa or melted queso.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2025

"Henry missed out on a lot of social interaction, going to mum and tots groups and things like that," she said.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2024

There was a nursery school for the tiniest tots, a boon to the mothers working six-day weeks during the war.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

But Anisimova was annoyed with herself too, as she totted up 44 unforced errors to Pegula's 21 and made seven double faults.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

When all the trimmings are totted up, a family Christmas is set to cost £31.66 in 2024, down from last year's figure of £32.18.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2024

An on-air graphic totted up the final score: 34 guilty, 0 not guilty.

From New York Times May 30, 2024

Zookeepers tempted squirrel monkeys onto scales, totted up tarantulas and used a curry-scented measuring stick to coax Sumatran tigers to stretch out.

From Seattle Times Aug. 24, 2023

Now I totted up numbers this way and that.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

We might worry about the quantities of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases totting up in the atmosphere, or feel increasingly nervous about tiny, naked-to-the-eye particles of pollution, especially in car-choked cities.

From Slate Dec. 20, 2021

Their own insularity prevents no one in this book from totting up the ethical and empathic deficits of others.

From New York Times Oct. 1, 2019

After totting up the newborn neurons in each section, he tapped the number into a statistics program.

From The Guardian Aug. 4, 2015

Plaid Cymru has added 200 people, taking its total to 8,000, while the Green Party has added 3,721, totting up to 66,573.

From BBC May 15, 2015

And now do please go on totting up, and let’s get these casks shifted ’fore your uncle comes back.”

From The Adventures of Don Lavington Nolens Volens by Fenn, George Manville




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