fickle
Example Sentences
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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
The weather in early spring can be fickle in the UK.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
The MLB playoffs are notoriously fickle and subject to randomness that prevents dynasties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
And yet Micron shares are falling, closing Wednesday down another 3.4%, to $382.09; investors have a fickle relationship with Micron after years of getting burned by the cyclical nature of the memory business.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
He saw another of the hulks he'd stuffed full of King Aerys's fickle fruits engulfed by the hungry flames.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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