stagger

New Yorkers, by contrast, stagger under tax and cost burdens.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Brown managed to stagger out of Buck’s apartment to a nearby gas station, where he called 911.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

Asian investors battled Wednesday to kickstart a recovery in equities following the latest stagger across world markets that has been caused by worries over an AI-fuelled bubble and uncertainty over US interest rates.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

Somewhere half past exhaustion, we stagger back to Café Iruña.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

Lots of times Brian and I thought we’d found gold, and we’d stagger home with an entire bucketful of sparkling nuggets, but it was always iron pyrite—fool’s gold.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

The Monkey King frees six puppet horses, who rise above the stage on long poles; he staggers out of the furnace with glowing red eyes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

This is the blistering reality of summer for rescuers in Phoenix as America’s fifth-largest city staggers through one of its longest stretches ever of 110-degree days.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Still in her wedding dress, she staggers out to the street shrieking, “Is everybody gay???”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023

A middle-aged man staggers into the bar and dances and sings along to a song in the Kikuyu language before slumping on one of the benches to join his friends.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023

I wrap my blanket tight around my shoulders, keeping a close eye on Carmine as he staggers around, seemingly oblivious to the cold.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

I didn’t feel any affinity with the humanoid that smashed Bolt’s 100-meter record, but found the robot weightlifter that crumpled under a 15kg barbell and staggered into a table very relatable.

From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026

Still, because the homes are staggered up a hillside, upward of 100 properties could gain a better lake view from the poisoned trees’ removal, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

The fund holds more than 50 autocallables with staggered five-year maturities.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

"I was moved, overwhelmed and staggered actually that people were coming from far and wide," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

She staggered when she got off her sled.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

By May 2026, that figure was 8%, a staggering drop in such a short period.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Mr. Berg, unlike Messrs. Spielberg and Gibson, shines a light on the barbarism and racism of some U.S. troops and the staggering number of civilian casualties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

“The numbers are staggering and the long-term implications are great,” said Angela Antonelli, a research professor and the executive director of the Center for Retirement Initiatives at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

From 1999 to 2014, median household income for three-person households dropped a staggering 27 percent, more than in any other metropolitan area in the country.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Each concussion threw him, staggering, and he watched in sick astonishment as the cracks grew to gaping rifts wide enough to swallow a man.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor