falter
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“In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activity will falter and headlines will continue to be scary,” Buffett wrote then in a New York Times opinion column.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 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
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
However that previous head coaching experience was one reason he was brought to Los Angeles as as the Kings’ top assistant in 2024 since it made him an ideal fallback candidate should Hiller falter.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
She peered at me over her spectacles, and then she opened a drawer and fumbled among its contents for a long time, so long that my hopes began to falter.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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