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It couldn’t waddle or sway without components from Chinese robot maker Unitree that power the motion of its neck and legs, according to a research paper by Disney.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

I boldly say as I waddle because I’m also playing a penguin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

That part of the leg, they say, is where fibular reduction among some dinosaurs tens of millions of years ago helped make it possible for peacocks to strut, penguins to waddle, and turkeys to trot.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

While not particularly strong flyers — they are heavy for their wing span, and waddle on land — they are liquid grace in water, powering more than 25 feet deep to chase down fish.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024

Well, before you got pregnant and started to waddle.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

Long after the Lakers locker room has cleared out, the smallest player on the team waddles toward his locker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2023

When E.T. waddles into the kids’ lives, his supernatural abilities are like an extension of their vivid imaginations.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022

This one lumbers and waddles after supplementing nature’s bounty this fall by helping himself to seeds that fall to the ground from bird feeders.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021

“I’m a short, stocky kid that waddles around the track,” he said, “and somehow I ran 1:42.9.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2021

Mr. D waddles away, his belly wiggling like jelly over his belt.

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Martin's other daughter, Kelly Fretwell, said her mother had "waddled" when she walked, had a limp, arthritis and had undergone two hip replacements.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Play, a four-year-old French bulldog, waddled down the street in Noho.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

A flock of brown pelicans waddled back into the wild on Wednesday morning, survivors of Southern California’s latest toxic algal bloom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2025

Jennifer Jackson, nanny to 21-month-old Wade Bracht, kept a careful eye on the toddler, who waddled in his stylish brown cowboy boots, exploring every corner of the play area.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2023

“You are nitwit,” Grommet Smith replied, and laughed as she waddled away.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman

A friendly dragon is waddling along the sun-drenched centre of Swindon, smiling at passers-by.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

What it picked up was a rotund raccoon waddling by.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

But in the new version, the scene opens on a pregnant female waddling off to give birth with the assistance of another, older female.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2023

He has some kind of a leg injury, which gives him a limp, so he’s waddling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2023

We fell into line, waddling behind her through the tunneled ice like a train of ducklings after their mother, feet shuffling and arms held out in awkward balance poses to keep from slipping.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs