stagger
Example Sentences
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He would stagger payments, making headway on one card by paying just over the minimum one month, then doing the same on a different card the next.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
They stagger their appliance use in the mornings, checking that a fan isn’t running at the same time as the coffeemaker.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
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
Nations reel and stagger on their way; they make hideous mistakes; they commit frightful wrongs; they do great and beautiful things.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025
I somehow manage to stand and start to stagger toward the train.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing stagger
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
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An Excerpt from "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead
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