teeter

Crisis strikes the kitchen when our forgotten, shelved-away ingredients teeter on the fine line between fresh and spoiled.

From Salon ● May 30, 2026

At stake in any investigation is whether Syria will be able to turn the page on the civil war, or whether it will teeter back into violence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

If it can’t get payments from tenants quickly enough to cover its debt needs, the company’s business model could teeter.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2025

Until vaccination rates improve, we’ll teeter on the edge with this disease.

From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2025

Instead Ralph pressed his fingers together and let the girl teeter on.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

As a woman tells Mew, “the planet teeters on the brink of an appalling and irreversible alteration.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

This opening by Havana, a serious breach in the island's anti-capitalist system, comes as the Cuban economy teeters on the brink of collapse.

From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026

The film is so committed to its rigors — the two-person cast, the glacial camera pivots, the moody lighting — that it teeters on the line of becoming monotonous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Yet despite his government's nimble response and Seychelles' remarkably swift economic bounce-back, his popularity teeters.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

Timber splinters, as though the rubble teeters on some final fulcrum.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

MP Materials, a volatile small-cap since its 2020 special-purpose acquisition company debut, has swung between boom and bust for rare-earth investors but has never teetered on the edge of failure.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

Back then, American Axle was scrambling to cut costs and hunker down as its main customer, GM, teetered toward bankruptcy the following year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026

The company famously teetered on the edge of bankruptcy in 1996, surviving only through a $5 million cash injection from the Japanese videogame developer Sega.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

“Many of the key teachings from OneTaste teetered between helping and harming the student,” she writes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025

While she never seemed on the verge of losing her mind, there were moments when she teetered close to the edge, lost in space.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride

If anything, Grande is having a blast - teetering around in perilous heels, blowing kisses to the audience and embracing the physical and vocal demands of her show.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“These are not schools teetering at the edge of success,” reads the report, which cites publicly available state and local education data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Now that a majority of Americans own stocks, policymakers may find it hard to sit on the sidelines and not step in if the equity market is teetering, Balchunas said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

"The project will enable the production of scientifically accurate replicas for museums, classrooms and educational programs, helping to raise awareness and support conservation efforts for a species now teetering on the edge of extinction."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

I should have been thinking of my friend, teetering between this world and whatever comes next, but instead I thought of what I said to Tobias.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth