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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dawdle .
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Examples
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These are militias of the Pool people who fought a civil war and now have an uneasy self-rule arrangement -- meaning ninjas playing yo-yo with AK-47s board the thrice-weekly train as it dawdles through their territory (there are no buses or trucks) and demand money or otherwise harass travellers.
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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He dawdles on the sidewalk this morning after his wife heads off to work.
The Heron Jack Swenson 2011
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May sales of existing single-family homes fell 40% from a year ago, while construction of new homes dawdles in the white-collar suburb.
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These are militias of the Pool people who fought a civil war and now have an uneasy self-rule arrangement -- meaning ninjas playing yo-yo with AK-47s board the thrice-weekly train as it dawdles through their territory (there are no buses or trucks) and demand money or otherwise harass travellers.
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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The longer Obama dawdles, rubbing his DLC/neoliberal/bipartisanship fetish lamp, the further we sink.
Matthew Yglesias » The Worst Option, Except for All the Others 2009
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But a poky little brown-and-white puppy dawdles while his siblings race ahead.
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Certain books infuriate in legitimate ways – a favorite author dawdles through his latest work, or an idiot pundit gets all his facts wrong, things like that.
The OLM Blog 2009
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As our president ponders and dawdles his way through each day our service men and women of not only this country but are allies are dying.
WH denies Afghan decision made, as tensions flare with Pentagon 2009
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But a poky little brown-and-white puppy dawdles while his siblings race ahead.
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These are militias of the Pool people who fought a civil war and now have an uneasy self-rule arrangement -- meaning ninjas playing yo-yo with AK-47s board the thrice-weekly train as it dawdles through their territory (there are no buses or trucks) and demand money or otherwise harass travellers.
Mike Arkus: Recent African Airport Experiences: From Presidential Shutdown to an 'Are-They-Out-to-Get-Me' Moment Mike Arkus 2010
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