falter
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“Without collaboration and transparency, management of this complex issue will continue to falter, and worse, our unhoused neighbors will continue to suffer,” the statement said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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
Airports close because ash interferes with aircraft and other transport networks falter.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
As those around him began to falter, the world number one, who started the day three strokes adrift of overnight leader Viktor Hovland, produced a typically metronomic performance with the winning cheque in sight.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
But the moment he makes the attempt his words falter, for he is confronted and defied by the inexplicable array of his own emotions.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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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
It’s the one place where her otherwise robust public display of compliance falters.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
But it becomes a problem if one of Broadcom’s custom-chip customers falters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
Then she sees me and falters, eyes widening.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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As on day one and two, Australia have held firm and their opponents faltered.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“When one of their pitchers faltered, the next guy came in and picked up the slack.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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
As pensions became scarce, Americans were forced to save for their own retirements — and many faltered.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
She could feel her resolve weaken, and her voice faltered as she told him.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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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
This makes the recent fall in the markets more worrying - since households, already struggling from a weak job market, high inflation and faltering consumption, are now seeing their equity savings take a beating too.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“An abyss opened in our country,” Machado said, describing a surge of public anger at the faltering government response.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 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
Gilly grabbed the back of the striped pajamas with both hands and half dragged, half supported the faltering frame toward the couch.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
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