1
: the first growth of teeth
2
: the phenomena accompanying growth of teeth through the gums
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The team’s pressing and general out-of-possession approach had some teething issues earlier in the season, but their performance without the ball against Aston Villa, Manchester City and Tottenham showed that it’s returned to an elite level.
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Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Social media users obsessed over every new documentation of her teething and tumbling and infantile antics, and the followers of the zoo’s TikTok, Facebook, X, and Instagram accounts skyrocketed.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Hernandez’s displays, meanwhile, showed fleeting signs of recovery, yet this has been his worst season since the teething problems of his first campaign in Italy.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Carlo Ancelotti, Real’s head coach, recently acknowledged that Mbappé’s teething issues are just part of a collective problem the team is suffering.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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Ahmed Walid, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
Social media users obsessed over every new documentation of her teething and tumbling and infantile antics, and the followers of the zoo’s TikTok, Facebook, X, and Instagram accounts skyrocketed.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 27 Dec. 2024
Hernandez’s displays, meanwhile, showed fleeting signs of recovery, yet this has been his worst season since the teething problems of his first campaign in Italy.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Carlo Ancelotti, Real’s head coach, recently acknowledged that Mbappé’s teething issues are just part of a collective problem the team is suffering.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Teething.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teething. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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