falter
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Airports close because ash interferes with aircraft and other transport networks falter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
That’s too much motivation for a Sean McVay-coached team to falter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
As those around him began to falter, the world number one, who started the day three strokes adrift of overnight leader Viktor Hovland, produced a typically metronomic performance with the winning cheque in sight.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 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
God forbid that we falter or recoil from performing our solemn duty.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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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
Somewhere between admiration and accounts payable, civilization falters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s the one place where her otherwise robust public display of compliance falters.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
State officials say if the more collaborative approach falters and a water agency fails to meet commitments, they still have the option of putting them back under the traditional regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
She falters frequently, finding it difficult to articulate precisely what she means.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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As the economy faltered, an orderly, healthy home could be sold as a form of salvation, with prosperity seemingly within reach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
As pensions became scarce, Americans were forced to save for their own retirements — and many faltered.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Despite great regular seasons, the Los Angeles Chargers have faltered in the play-offs but they are now healthy again and new offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel looks a perfect fit for talented quarterback Justin Herbert.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
When his eyes got to Wab they grew bigger, and his smile faltered, but he recovered quickly.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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Its fiduciaries told participants that these assets should “provide greater downside protection in faltering markets, with the tradeoff being slight underperformance in rallying ones.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
Meanwhile, the annual checkup, long the cornerstone of preventive care, is faltering.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
The grandees of Gullen have set their hopes on Claire’s bankrolling their faltering community’s recovery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Even the garrons of the northmen were faltering for want of fodder.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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