unstable
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If this quantum state is twisted too far, it becomes unstable.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
Last week, the school issued a more-than-200-page internal report confronting what it called an unprecedented crisis in higher education, thanks to unstable federal funding, falling public trust and the rise of artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
And here was the nimble Army Corps of Engineers planning to hold back 250 billion gallons of water with notoriously unstable glacial till.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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