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teeter

[tee-ter] / ˈti tər /


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Crisis strikes the kitchen when our forgotten, shelved-away ingredients teeter on the fine line between fresh and spoiled.

From Salon May 30, 2026

The characters in her novels long for stability in landscapes where the past is forever intruding on the present—they teeter on the shifting border between perception and fact.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 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

"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

I teeter to one side and Crick helps me stand.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

As a woman tells Mew, “the planet teeters on the brink of an appalling and irreversible alteration.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Broadcom earnings could be strong thanks to artificial intelligence demand, but shareholders should be prepared for a muted stock reaction as market sentiment teeters.

From Barron's Mar. 4, 2026

The rest of Sudan teeters on the edge of disaster.

From BBC Oct. 25, 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

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

Job growth lagged far behind much of the country and property values teetered.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

It would be a surreal, but very sweet final destination for a campaign that has teetered at times, but clung to a course.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2025

The scales did not represent justice, for they teetered.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Yet state compensation systems began teetering in the 1990s after they expanded benefits and medical costs ballooned.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 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

"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

They did so even though the euro zone is teetering on the edge of a recession by some indicators, including a 0.2% economic contraction in the first quarter of the year.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

We cut through an empty park and past some teetering apartment buildings that at least offered us shade from the blazing sun.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman




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