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was doddering down the walk outside the nursing home
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Recent Examples of doddering
Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2024
In July, Harris was an awkward but loyal soldier in a doddering administration.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
While Biden has been vulnerable to right-wing online trolls who portrayed him as doddering and confused, recent attempts to troll and negatively meme Harris have backfired, Miller said.
—Neenma Ebeledike, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
No more doddering lawmakers, no more former presidents gone gray, and — for the love of God — no more Kennedys.
—Matt Bai, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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His Dragon capsule will retrieve astronauts stranded on the International Space Station by his doddering space competitor, Boeing, NASA announced in August.
—Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 13 Sep. 2024
In July, Harris was an awkward but loyal soldier in a doddering administration.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 7 Sep. 2024
While Biden has been vulnerable to right-wing online trolls who portrayed him as doddering and confused, recent attempts to troll and negatively meme Harris have backfired, Miller said.
—Neenma Ebeledike, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
No more doddering lawmakers, no more former presidents gone gray, and — for the love of God — no more Kennedys.
—Matt Bai, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Back on the domestic front, Jeanine has reason to believe that her husband, Paul (Mark O’Brien), is having an affair with her senile mother’s caregiver.Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
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In one story, Earn’s seemingly routine trip to church with Gloria, Jeanie, and his senile grandfather (Bob Banks) goes pear-shaped when Gloria abruptly drives off with her dad, leaving behind Earn and a bewildered Jeanie, who has recently been their father’s caretaker.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2022
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This surge can be attributed to the increasing elderly population and a preference for in-home care over nursing facilities.Raheel Sheikh, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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In this gentle novel, an elderly widow finds her solitary routine disrupted by a mouse, setting off a sequence of events that reconnects with the larger world.Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
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Flourishing cities cannot coexist with fast, decrepit roads.David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
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The decrepit rides at the old Six Flags site are coming down soon, developer Troy Henry tells Axios.Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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His mother is a geriatric psychiatrist, according to a December New Yorker profile.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Our take: No big decisions should be based upon a geriatric gator’s indigestion.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
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Honorable Mentions My Top Five stays the same as my recent mid-September update, but there was shuffling from #6-10 down the home stretch.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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On Monday, about three days after Helene hit Florida as a Category 4 storm, survivors in North Carolina were scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter.Melissa Chan, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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Auroras are ribbons of light weaving across Earth's northern or southern polar regions, according to NASA.Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
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Located at the Jimi Asian Art Museum, the show followed the designer’s constant theme of identity recognition, with models and performers weaving in and out of ancient Asian sculptures, making for a unique visual experience.Rhonda Richford, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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Greer will play Amber-Linn, the ex-wife of Wilson’s over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer, Pryce Cahill.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2024
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The untitled comedy stars Wilson as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.Denise Petski, Deadline, 24 June 2024
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Theresa May and her spavined colleagues would be responsible for that distrust, but life is unfair and Boris would carry the can.John O'Sullivan, National Review, 9 July 2019
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The series took a chunk out of both the recklessness of the Texas state government and out of the spavined state of the EPA and OSHA even under President Obama, the latter problems having gotten worse under the current administration.Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 31 Aug. 2017
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“Doddering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doddering. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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