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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

The 37-year-old got back to his feet but looked unsteady and referee Mike Beltran waved off the contest as he stumbled.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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

Now she had Jaunty, though she was a little unsteady on her feet, a little unsure of her own limbs.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

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

Marmont's guns unsteadied Zach's grenadiers: Desaix's men plied them with musketry; and while they were preparing for a last effort, Kellermann's heavy cavalry charged full on their flank.

From The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2) by John Holland Rose

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

It was not more contemptuous, nor less; but something about it was unsteadying.

From Red Fleece by Will Levington Comfort

Dazed, the hearers stared from the mechanician's tattered, accusing figure to the pale young driver who offered neither surprise nor defense, but went steadily on with his unsteadying task.

From From the Car Behind by James Montgomery Flagg