shaky
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Josh Acheampong: The young defender looked shaky early on but recovered well, making a fantastic block from a Bruno Fernandes volley and improving as the game went on.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
The lack of data, she said, gives an incomplete picture of how safe the city is — and also undermines the public’s already shaky trust in police.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
And while you might think a stock-and-bond portfolio offers better protection against a big rise in inflation, that’s a shaky argument.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
That’s some shaky ground on which to repair bruised friendships.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
I wanna make a run for it, but when I try to sit up, I’m so shaky and weak I fall back down.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Even as once-reliable career paths look shakier than ever, it’s still possible to find rewarding work in the office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Investors have come to expect a big rebound after shakier sales trends over the past few years.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
The same could be said of Lesli Margherita’s Mrs. Lovett, the proprietor of a filthy and failing Fleet Street pie shop, but it’s a shakier case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
But pinning hopes for those gains on retail investors is shakier.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
He always looked kind of nervous, but he appeared even shakier than usual.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
“OpenAI’s nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations,” Apple’s complaint said, accusing the AI lab of “a pattern of theft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"OpenAI's nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets," the complaint said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
That is one element of this which the committee is doubtless going to want to probe further, and perhaps where Sir Olly felt on shakiest ground.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Then came a 10-foot stretch in which you had to swing yourself between vertically hanging ropes, with only the shakiest of footing below.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Morgan to buy it by offering a knockdown price and guaranteeing Bear Stearns’s shakiest assets.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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