teetering
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Meanwhile, the night’s theme — “Costume Art” — has onlookers concerned that the Met Gala might be teetering into unintentional self-parody.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
McIlroy might have been the defending champion, but he was teetering on the brink of collapse once again.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
See more: Stocks are teetering on the edge of correction territory.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 22, 2026
Instead, Japan’s economy is teetering on the edge of recession.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Crabbe and Goyle guffawed sycophantically, but Malfoy had to stop there, because Hagrid emerged from the back of his cabin balancing a teetering tower of crates, each containing a very large Blast-Ended Skrewt.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
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