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as in lumbering
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as in ambling
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as in stomping
to move heavily or clumsily
the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers
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as in disrupting
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
shuffle the cards and deal five to each player
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Recent Examples of shuffling
Tony Blengino, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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
Meanwhile, storm survivors were still scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter three days after Helene first made landfall in Florida.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Too many people get stuck in survival mode, constantly firefighting—meeting deadlines, shuffling through emails, dealing with the next crisis.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 30 Sep. 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
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
Meanwhile, storm survivors were still scrounging for food and clean water and shuffling from shelter to shelter three days after Helene first made landfall in Florida.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Too many people get stuck in survival mode, constantly firefighting—meeting deadlines, shuffling through emails, dealing with the next crisis.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shuffling
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Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries have successfully achieved standoff through the use of artillery firepower coupled with drone strikes, effectively disrupting their adversary’s offensive operations.Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The 50,000 members of the union working at ports from Maine to Texas have been on strike since early Tuesday morning, halting the flow of the majority of containerized imports into the United States, along with many of the exports, disrupting the sales of American businesses overseas.Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Le Roux is among 21 unaccounted for residents in the county search and rescue crews are scrambling to locate.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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The characters have not been confirmed, but many are scrambling to post their predictions for the extra fighter slots.Brian Mazique, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
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Their bodies range from eely, jawless lampreys to flattened flounders to huge, lumpish ocean sunfish.Bob Holmes, Discover Magazine, 21 May 2018
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As Mayer's car pushed into Retzlaff's from behind, the unsteady contact propelled Retzlaff into the outside wall, with Josh Williams striking Mayer from behind and subsequently being hit by Chandler Smith.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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What this general move toward more daring design says about the end of 2024 is that this continues to be an unsteady year for watches, both financially and aesthetically.Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Shuffling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shuffling. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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