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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

I waddle myself from the bus stop, hardly able to keep my eyes open.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Afterward, she waddles through the ring-side seating in her white and pink sparkly sneakers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2024

The contest says it promotes the adoption of dogs, even ones that might have “missing fur, crossed eyes, duck waddles or mismatched ears.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2022

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

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

When he waddled out of the water during a recent feeding, it took just a handful of steps before Santangelo was backed up against the wall of the enclosure.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023

A fat-bellied man waddled out of the shop with a lighted torch, thrust it into a bracket beside the door, and waddled back inside.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

What it picked up was a rotund raccoon waddling by.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

Mr. Hart said after a heartfelt tribute from his friend the comedian Dave Chappelle, before waddling offstage at the John Kennedy F. Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2024

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

Mr Rivara ensured the waddling of ducks reached safety before the collision, witnesses said.

From BBC ● May 22, 2023

Then the man slipped back into the darkness, watching Ignatius, who was waddling back and forth before the building furiously.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole