stagger

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

For better and mostly for worse, she has allowed Jeffries to stagger on his own two feet.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

Some stagger around mutely, staring at the remaining silver parachutes in their hands, as if they still might have something precious inside.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

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

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

The pedestrian staggers off camera, and Lowe waits at the corner for a few seconds before crossing the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023

She staggers a little, and a bowl of hot vegetable soup topples off her tray and lands on my sneakers.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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

Former captain Michael Vaughan said he will be "absolutely staggered" if there is not more leadership change in English cricket after Ben Stokes' retirement.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

Oliver staggered to the sidewalk and made his way over.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

There was further praise for the "staggering" set pieces from the Standard's Nick Howells, external, who said The Odyssey was a "far more astonishing experience" than Oppenheimer.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

Over one-third of American children and a staggering 53 percent of Black children will be subjected to a child protective services investigation at some point in their childhoods.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

Though other factors like corporate-governance reforms have also buoyed indexes, the staggering amount investors have poured into AI and tech means the buzziest stocks are heavily owned and vulnerable to profit-taking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Instead, 43-year-old tech scion David Ellison — with help from his billionaire father, Oracle software co-founder Larry Ellison — scooped up the prize for a staggering $111 billion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

I shouted after a quake sent me staggering into the wall.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia