teeter
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From here, Robert carefully stacks a Jenga tower of suspense-laden set pieces and surprisingly moving family drama, without so much as letting the structure teeter.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
At stake in any investigation is whether Syria will be able to turn the page on the civil war, or whether it will teeter back into violence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
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
"I'm constantly trying to teeter on, you know, 'are people over the old stuff? Do they want new stuff?'"
From BBC ● May 30, 2025
After a few minutes, Otto was able to uncurl his long toes and teeter to his feet.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
A tense scene between her and her sister, Ms. Lucio’s Mia, teeters between sororal competition and sympathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
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
Yet despite his government's nimble response and Seychelles' remarkably swift economic bounce-back, his popularity teeters.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
An epic treehouse that has stood in Sherman Oaks for 24 years now teeters on the brink of destruction after the city of L.A. declared the whimsical creation a crime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
She teeters over to the dresser, yanks out all the things I just put away.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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
Nothing could bridge the gap - and the talks teetered on the verge of collapse.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2025
Her hair was matted with sweat, and droplets of moisture teetered on the edge of her upper lip.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
When Lawrence was run out in a mix-up with Cox, England were 120-5 and teetering.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The nation’s third largest city isn’t teetering on the brink of insolvency like Detroit in 2013.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Now that a majority of Americans own stocks, policymakers may find it hard to sit on the sidelines and not step in if the equity market is teetering, Balchunas said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Some were teetering on the verge of collapse and others had already fallen.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
He leaned back, teetering on his chair in a long oilskin coat, basking within his power and authority.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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