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shaky

[shey-kee] / ˈʃeɪ ki /




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The Los Angeles Dodgers stormed to the World Series last season with a bullpen that could generously be described as shaky.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

He started the first game, had some shaky moments and dropped out for the next couple.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

While April-June was one of the best quarters for equities for some time, the new quarter has got off to a shaky start, with Seoul taking the brunt of the selling.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

This isn’t the first time that an estimate of someone’s wealth has stood atop a shaky pillar, and probably won’t be the last.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

At this supreme moment, the people cheered the man who, after a shaky start in office, learned how to command armies, brought down slavery, and become a most eloquent and moving speaker.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

Nigeria's GDP is the fourth largest in Africa, but after years of mismanagement and corruption, its grid is often shakier than that of neighbouring, poorer countries.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

But he said they are shakier than in 2008.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 10, 2026

But UBS analysts said the company could try to give itself more flexibility for a wider range of outcomes in its financial forecast, due to the the leadership change and a shakier economic backdrop.

From MarketWatch Apr. 5, 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

Instead of going back the long way, I hop on a much shakier, nonglass elevator, which I discovered two days ago.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

“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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