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
Dragonwings seemed to teeter for a moment, balancing on the very edge of the hillside.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
The government may be tempted to do it again if a large private fund teeters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 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 film is so committed to its rigors — the two-person cast, the glacial camera pivots, the moody lighting — that it teeters on the line of becoming monotonous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026
The rest of Sudan teeters on the edge of disaster.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
Beside me Hannah teeters back and forth in three-inch heels.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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
Job growth lagged far behind much of the country and property values teetered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026
Others teetered on the hole's edge, or listed as water ran away.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
My aunt teetered on the pieces as she dragged Mundín by the arm towards the door.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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
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
Bronwyn hovered anxiously around an old woman who was teetering half-conscious in a chair, mummied up in a blanket.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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