fickle
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This is a fickle market, considering that Broadcom reported a 48% increase in sales for its fiscal second quarter from the year-earlier quarter, along with an 85% increase in earnings per share.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
"Keeping him would be a big risk. But football fans are very fickle and if he wins a few games at the start of next season then people will forget about this."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The god of war is fickle, and Russia’s spring and summer offensives could still push Ukraine into crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Working with stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, director Kristoffer Borgli is less interested in matters of compatibility than the fickle calculus of cancellation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Speaking in short, matter-of-fact phrases, they worry aloud over the fickle weather and fields of sunflowers still too wet to cut, while above their heads Ross Perot’s sneering visage flickers across a silent television screen.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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