falter
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The US economy is also being helped by an AI investment boom, and could falter if that spending were to dry up.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
As a result, the biggest threat to cross-asset stability is not high inflation, or tighter monetary policy, but the risk that the AI put might falter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Health, nutrition and family engagement have long been core values and some fear that without guardrails the program will falter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Airports close because ash interferes with aircraft and other transport networks falter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
I knew I had to hold on and not falter or it would start all over again.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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If the more collaborative approach falters and a water agency fails to meet commitments, regulators still have the option of putting it back under the traditional regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
BBC Eye Investigations has spent time with Raseel across the summer, as the ceasefire falters and bombardment continues, to see the challenges doctors are facing in Gaza.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Economists and the IMF warn that the global economy could be vulnerable if the AI-led demand engine falters or slows down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
State officials say if the more collaborative approach falters and a water agency fails to meet commitments, they still have the option of putting them back under the traditional regulations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
His voice falters and he shakes his head.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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In October 2000, after a summer rally spurred by Federal Reserve easing, Wall Street’s darlings faltered as investors faced up to the fact that the dot-com bubble was deflating.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
A recovery in artificial intelligence stocks faltered while benchmark oil prices jumped above $111 a barrel, as investors once again pulled back from risk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
As the economy faltered, an orderly, healthy home could be sold as a form of salvation, with prosperity seemingly within reach.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
Businesses have shuttered, hospitals have had to turn to generators that have occasionally faltered, and residents have been scrambling to charge phones and refrigerate food.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
At first I struggled, faltered, in the dark—but these last ten years, I have found the way.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Burnham was the only G7 leader to speak at this year's conference in a sign of faltering support for the COP process - something he acknowledged in his speech.
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026
The UN biodiversity summit enters a final day Friday with nations still far from reaching a deal to revive a faltering pledge to stop destroying nature.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
October has witnessed several crises: faltering confidence in the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence boom and chaos in the French bond market are chief among them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
The grandees of Gullen have set their hopes on Claire’s bankrolling their faltering community’s recovery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
She grabbed ahold of the horse’s mane and swung one leg over the horse’s neck, faltering only for a moment till Finn steadied her with a hand on her hip.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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