falter

Example Sentences

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But Michigan fans knew all too well how a thrown-together superteam could falter at the finish line.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

SNPs are driving growth in Medicare Advantage at a time when the private-insurance alternative to Medicare is seeing its once-robust enrollment increases falter.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

That can help the company grow even as EV sales falter in the new year.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

The home support will be expecting three points - but if Forest falter the pressure on Dyche will intensify.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

But the moment he makes the attempt his words falter, for he is confronted and defied by the inexplicable array of his own emotions.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright