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falter

[fawl-ter] / ˈfɔl tər /


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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

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

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

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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