poise
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Croft says the Belarusian would benefit from applying the same level of poise during her matches.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The 20-year-old has shown poise in the pocket, patience when going through progressions and ability to throw to receivers open anywhere on the field.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
His latest haul put Durham in a strong position which McKinney cemented with an innings of poise and calculated aggression.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The market should recover its poise within the next few days, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
She had the poise of a sword fighter—relaxed yet vigilant, as if ready to spring into action at any moment.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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
Choosing permanent head of division poises an early quandary for John Brennan.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2013
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
That was why he had been swinging the poises.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The State Street Utilities ETF is poised to gain 27% according to technical indicators.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Callison said that Sunrise is poised to move quickly with new projects because it kept its development team together during the pandemic and picking up sites abandoned by other developers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Vaxcyte is poised to capture significant share of a $3 billion to $6 billion market following the latest trial results, Jefferies says.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Retail investors, too, are poised to increase their buying of stocks and options after pulling in their horns during September, he contends.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
He is an old man in this vision, bow poised on string, smiling at me with wrinkles rimming his eyes.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
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
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