falter
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As a result, the biggest threat to cross-asset stability is not high inflation, or tighter monetary policy, but the risk that the AI put might falter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
But by following year, the nonprofit’s finances had begun to falter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Airports close because ash interferes with aircraft and other transport networks falter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
It started to falter under the new "three red lines" -- caps for three different debt ratios -- which forced the group to offload properties at increasingly steep discounts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The shout interrupts my concentration, and I falter.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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If the more collaborative approach falters and a water agency fails to meet commitments, regulators still have the option of putting it back under the traditional regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Though Ms. Eleazar never falters in her commitment to the character, the director does.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
BBC Eye Investigations has spent time with Raseel across the summer, as the ceasefire falters and bombardment continues, to see the challenges doctors are facing in Gaza.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
It’s the one place where her otherwise robust public display of compliance falters.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
While the dialogue occasionally falters, you have to admire daytime dramas for their remarkable attention to plot.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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In October 2000, after a summer rally spurred by Federal Reserve easing, Wall Street’s darlings faltered as investors faced up to the fact that the dot-com bubble was deflating.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
When she died in 1981, the business faltered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Gold prices have faltered, falling back from record highs earlier this year and sliding further in recent months amid rising bond yields and rate-hike uncertainty.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
With 1,884 yards, 18 touchdowns and only one interception while completing 75% of his passes this season, Orange High’s junior quarterback has rarely faltered when dropping back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
And even at that moment the sun for a second faltered and was obscured, as though a dark wing had passed across it.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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The surge in attacks has coincided with signs that the recent recovery in shipping through Hormuz is faltering, although the latest oil-flow figures are preliminary and subject to upward revision.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
Faith in the artificial-intelligence trade is faltering, but one analyst sees reasons to remain upbeat.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The UN biodiversity summit enters a final day Friday with nations still far from reaching a deal to revive a faltering pledge to stop destroying nature.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
This makes the recent fall in the markets more worrying - since households, already struggling from a weak job market, high inflation and faltering consumption, are now seeing their equity savings take a beating too.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
And that was the moment when I knew for sure that God had accepted the faltering gift of my emotions made four years ago.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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