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
Justice’s control of the Greenbrier began to teeter in 2024, as he ran for Senate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
"It has no particular love for the military regime, but when it looked like it might teeter and fall, it equated that with state collapse, and stepped in."
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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
Ten minutes later, I teeter on a six-inch-wide ledge hundreds of feet above the dunes, glaring daggers at Izzi.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
A second buyer has made a rescue bid for Poundland as the discount retailer teeters on the brink of collapse, with thousands of jobs at risk.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
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
This kind of gory caper teeters on formulaic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
Beside me Hannah teeters back and forth in three-inch heels.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
As the business teetered, it got a lifeline in early 2024.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
Back then, American Axle was scrambling to cut costs and hunker down as its main customer, GM, teetered toward bankruptcy the following year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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
“Many of the key teachings from OneTaste teetered between helping and harming the student,” she writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 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
But with his country teetering on a cliff, Mr. Lévy’s attention is elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
England's 30-12 defeat by Tonga last Saturday has left them teetering on the brink of elimination because of the unusual format of this year's tournament.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Dramatic photos and video footage showed homes along the city's peninsula teetering precariously, while its historic boardwalk was partially swept away.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
It sort of gave me a direction early on because I was a little bit teetering in those days.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Mr. Lemoncello’s Phenomenal Picture Word Puzzler, one of Kyle’s favorites, was teetering on the top.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
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