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The market should recover its poise within the next few days, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“As a group, we have to be able to have our moment and then regroup and play with poise and composure. It can’t continue to go on,” White said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026

The design shows her guiding a lion, said to symbolise her poise and the strength of the British nation under her leadership.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026

Navigating that kind of rupture would take poise, flexibility, and tact.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Squirrels, having raced to limb tips, poise there to assess danger.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

Then there’s that open, teeth-exposing, wonder-filled smile that poises sheer delight on the brink of a bottomless despair, two states of feeling that somehow both negate and enhance each other.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2019

Others include pacifiers with a part that poises a choking hazard to young children.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2016

Contrasting lives: Syrian caught in the middle CIA director faces quandary on clandestine service appointment Choosing permanent head of division poises an early quandary for John Brennan.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2013

As it poises for further immigration initiatives, U.S.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2010

That was why he had been swinging the poises.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The state is now poised to assist drivers with the purchase of their first new or used electric vehicle, starting next month.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

West Indies reached stumps on day three on 126-7 in their second innings - a lead of 155 runs - to leave the match finely poised.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

Following a constitutional reform that extended the presidential mandate from five to six years, Nicaragua is poised to host general elections in 2027.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

Andy Burnham is poised to become the U.K.’s prime minister on Monday, following Keir Starmer’s resignation from the role.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

Theo leans in the open doorway, knuckles still poised for the knock he didn’t need to deliver.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

But that hasn’t slowed down the scooter-makers: Both Bird and Lime have raised hundreds of millions in venture capital funding, poising the companies to continue to expanding across the country.

From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2018

The Greeley Fire Department determined the people had carbon monoxide poising and 22 people were taken to a hospital Saturday night.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2018

Last week a glittering aluminum Ceres took her place on the city's skyline, poising her twinkling magnificence on top of Chicago's tallest office pylon, the new 44-story, 609 ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

A white hedonist basking deliciously among South Sea Islanders and a sturdy Cape Codder poising his malicious harpoon over boiling seas, join incongruously in the popular impression of Herman Melville.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, poising her flushing, the arch-stone of the realm, he made an end.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White