falter
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But the script is beginning to falter, even among some of those closest to the billionaire.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
For one thing, bonds now offer higher starting yields that can better protect portfolios if stocks falter and inflation remains problematic.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
Oil futures curbed some losses as Trump suggested that an agreement to end the conflict with Iran could still falter.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Hopes the crucial waterway would be reopened have taken another hit as peace talks falter and cargo ships are attacked, but investors still have reason for hope.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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