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The talks also come at an unsteady time for the world's second-largest economy, which has struggled to address persistently sluggish domestic spending and a protracted crisis in the crucial property sector.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Any influence Laura Overdeck gains at Two Sigma could upset the delicate and unsteady power arrangement between the firm’s founders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

With Itauma barely able to stand, his legs unsteady and body swaying before slumping in the corner, his team threw in the towel.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Aigul Khismatullina, Queen of the Night, impresses with the silvery pricks of her high notes, while Kwangchul Youn’s Sarastro, unsteady in middle register, takes on weight at the bottom of his bass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

His hand was unsteady, and his lips could curve only into a tremulous and exceedingly weak smile.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

From oil prices to regional alliances, the six-month-old conflict has defied expectations and unsteadied the global balance of power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The challenge will be not getting unsteadied by meticulously curated opposing pitching plans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024

I breathed out, took my foot off the gas, and the car quivered, unsteadied.

From The Verge ● Feb. 9, 2016

At the same time, he knows what it’s like to be unsteadied by professional disappointment – and, worse, to be toppled, outright, by personal tragedy.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 18, 2015

That he was on the whole so little unsteadied by this anticipation seems due to his profound, sympathetic sense of the sad and sorrowful elements which somehow mingle with human destiny.

From The Chief End of Man by George Spring Merriam

Volckmer has said the subheading was kept off the cover “as a surprise” – making it the first of many unsteadying gear shifts in a monologue that sets out to unsettle.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2020

It is deeply unsteadying to ponder the possibility that Riefenstahl might have been both a considerable artist and a considerable Nazi.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2015

To Roy she had never seemed more charming; and his own abrupt volte-face was unsteadying, to say the least of it.

From Far to Seek A Romance of England and India by Maud Diver

Undoubtedly there was a sinking feeling within her, unsteadying in its way.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Henry Sydnor Harrison

Only, in bidding her good-night, he held her hand a moment longer than usual, smiling straight into her eyes; and the strong enfolding pressure, far from unsteadying her, seemed rather to revive her flagging fortitude.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Maud Diver