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
Somewhere half past exhaustion, we stagger back to Café Iruña.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
“Only three hours in Black Swan Green”—Hugo did a funny stagger of amazement—“and I'm being discussed already?”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
With black smoke belching high into the sky, Lobga staggers some 90 seconds before collapsing in flames and a U.N. security guard rushes over blasting an extinguisher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Lakers coach JJ Redick staggers the use of Luka Doncic and LeBron James in an effort to develop offensive cohesion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
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, falls to the ground, then rises laboriously.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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
It’s hard not to be a little staggered by Sullivan’s ascent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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 warning signs became even clearer in the second when a left uppercut staggered Benn.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Then they heaved themselves up, staggered away from the ice cliffs, and collapsed in a drift .of powdery snow.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
A staggering share of bank profitability rests on money that doesn’t move.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But it’s their palpable trust in one another that’s staggering.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
While about 10% of all the coins launched turned out to be outright scams, the figure for those endorsed by so-called celebrities was a staggering 45% to 48%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
And if we have to pick a season, it must be his record-breaking 2024-25 campaign when the Egyptian produced a staggering 344 points.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
The numbers were staggering, a visceral reminder of the war’s tragic cost.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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