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shaky

[shey-kee] / ˈʃeɪ ki /




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It comes several days after Washington and Tehran exchanged strikes, in an escalation that threatened a shaky ceasefire between the two countries.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

If your yield is already shaky on one chip, it gets a lot shakier when you need two to come out right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Even though the Bobcats’ shaky defense spotted USC two unearned runs, the Trojans will surely lament stranding runners in scoring position in each of the first seven innings.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

And yet the scientific consensus for precisely how it works remains shaky at best.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

She’d complimented my first shaky stitch and made me feel like I did belong here, no matter how long it took me to get through the forest path or how many verb charts I needed.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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