teeter
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Justice’s control of the Greenbrier began to teeter in 2024, as he ran for Senate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Crisis strikes the kitchen when our forgotten, shelved-away ingredients teeter on the fine line between fresh and spoiled.
From Salon ● May 30, 2026
If it can’t get payments from tenants quickly enough to cover its debt needs, the company’s business model could teeter.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2025
Until vaccination rates improve, we’ll teeter on the edge with this disease.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2025
After a few minutes, Otto was able to uncurl his long toes and teeter to his feet.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
This opening by Havana, a serious breach in the island's anti-capitalist system, comes as the Cuban economy teeters on the brink of collapse.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
Like most of Mr. Puryear’s spare, finely fabricated, handcrafted sculptures, “Aso Oke” teeters between conflicting associations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Freed by two tuxedoed roadies, the pop star teeters to her microphone in a black sequinned ball gown and does the worst thing a performer can do - plays a brand new song.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
It’s the entrance of Li’l Petey that grounds and focuses the affably chaotic “Dog Man,” which often teeters on the edge of completely out of control.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2025
She teeters towards me; I wait for a sign.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
MP Materials, a volatile small-cap since its 2020 special-purpose acquisition company debut, has swung between boom and bust for rare-earth investors but has never teetered on the edge of failure.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Lebanon has long teetered on the edge of being a failed state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The company famously teetered on the edge of bankruptcy in 1996, surviving only through a $5 million cash injection from the Japanese videogame developer Sega.
From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026
Others teetered on the hole's edge, or listed as water ran away.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
The tall pile of meat teetered on the man's dish as he huffed up the mountain.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
Crowds of onlookers stood near buildings teetering on collapse with police officials doing little to cordon off the area.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Some were teetering on the verge of collapse and others had already fallen.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
"The project will enable the production of scientifically accurate replicas for museums, classrooms and educational programs, helping to raise awareness and support conservation efforts for a species now teetering on the edge of extinction."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
Steve Coogan is terrific in a rare dramatic role, as is Tom Burke as cop teetering on the edge as he falls dangerously deep into his undercover persona.
From MarketWatch ● May 31, 2026
I should have been thinking of my friend, teetering between this world and whatever comes next, but instead I thought of what I said to Tobias.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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