unstable
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There are unstable layers of debt at the firm, fund and investor level.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
"We are asking for your support in adopting several cost containment measures to help our company navigate this unstable situation," it said.
From Barron's • May 19, 2026
She did some moves that were pretty irrational, and she would have times where she would act on impulse, and it became more and more unstable and unsafe.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Mohammadi's Paris-based husband said "she is not in a favourable general condition" and that "her status remains unstable", in a statement over the weekend.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Colonel Cathcart lived by his wits in an unstable, arithmetical world of black eyes and feathers in his cap, of overwhelming imaginary triumphs and catastrophic imaginary defeats.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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