stagger
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Governments are planning to release their reserves to the market over several months to stagger the effect, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 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
One way to mitigate this would be for different regions to stagger their school summer holidays, suggests Which?
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
Her jacket was smeared in grime and monster dust, but she managed to get to her feet and stagger off.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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
She staggers forward, going to her hands and knees.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Royal recommends investors consider locking in historically high yields in investment-grade corporate bonds by building a ladder of investments with staggered maturities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
One source claimed that the invitees’ arrival times were staggered such that there were A, B, C, and D lists.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026
Those agencies are often structured as multimember commissions with staggered, time-limited terms.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
“That’s sort of a challenge in the moment. We’re trying to take steps like that staggered notice to try to mitigate that and make sure that folks are available.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Then this lonely, exhausted man staggered in, looking as beaten as a Jack Russell who’d picked a fight with a Rottweiler.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
In the first year after his second inauguration in January 2025, Trump is reported to have made a staggering $2.24 billion.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has offloaded his longtime Hawaii sanctuary for the staggering price of $36 million—just months after he invested $44 million in buying a luxury residence in Florida.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
So far in 2026, the performance gap across large-cap growth index ETFs from Invesco, iShares, State Street and Vanguard is staggering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
AC Milan and Kaka's heads were turned by City's staggering £108m offer, which would have been more than double the world record transfer at the time.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
The amount of information that one must obtain and store in order to track the ever-changing relationships of even a few dozen individuals is staggering.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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