teeter
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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
Until vaccination rates improve, we’ll teeter on the edge with this disease.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2025
I laughed, feeling myself teeter on the edge of anger.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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
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
The rest of Sudan teeters on the edge of disaster.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
This kind of gory caper teeters on formulaic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
Timber splinters, as though the rubble teeters on some final fulcrum.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
Even as Lotus built icons like Esprit, which famously turned into a submarine in the 1977 James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me,” it often teetered on the brink of disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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
It teetered so ominously on its pole that some deputies joked about betting on when it would finally fall down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
Tally reached the edge of the roof, vaulted up onto the rail, and teetered for a moment.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
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
Messi and Co. were teetering on the edge not only of defeat, but of suffering the most ignominious upset in the 96-year history of the tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 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
The final putt — two feet, 10 inches — was appropriately dramatic, teetering along the left edge before curling back into the cup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Seth leapfrogged to the next log and landed awkwardly, teetering too far to one side.
From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull
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