faltering

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In Europe, provisional inflation figures for May from individual eurozone countries and European Central Bank accounts will be watched after a string of recent data suggested that economic activity is faltering.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

But in a note to clients, he acknowledged some faltering of those assets in recent weeks as investors worry that the Strait of Hormuz could remain closed for some time.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Shares in luxury groups also dropped as the war’s ripples cloud an anticipated revival in sales of luxury goods after several years of faltering demand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, elected Cape Town's mayor Sunday to lead it into the 2029 national polls, stepping up a drive to take votes away from the faltering ANC.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

The reasoning was this: I simply could not stand what I had become—stale, perhaps, or stalemated by what appeared to be my faltering body.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen