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waddled

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King got into the spirit, mocking the way Riggs waddled around court like a duck.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

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

A fuzzy, freckled gull chick emerged from a bayberry bush, stared curiously at me as if it had spotted a Martian, and then waddled back to its hiding place.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Hugo nodded knowingly and waddled off to do his Abbot’s bidding.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques