unstable
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One longstanding ecological puzzle is that older mathematical models predicted large, complicated ecosystems should be inherently unstable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Grace Soens, who plays June, Marisol’s confederate at work, and Jack Sharpe, who takes on the role of Lenny, June’s mentally disturbed brother, expand this unstable world, where it’s hard to know who to trust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The Himalayas are approaching a dangerous threshold as glaciers melt faster, glacial lakes grow more unstable and the mountains face a widening gap in monitoring, according to new research.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“What’s changed is that the mountain is increasingly unstable, and the hazard is now much bigger, and reaches farther than the assumptions some of these projects were designed against.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
And the old oil lamp was hanging over the center of the table, shedding its unstable yellow light from the round Rochester wick.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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