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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

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

Now, after shocking France at Twickenham a fortnight ago, they have found a happy habit of finding a way to win as the match teeters, nerves strain and muscles stiffen.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2025

Beside me Hannah teeters back and forth in three-inch heels.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

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

The big financial institutions were intertwined by a web of complex financial instruments and vehicles that threatened to bring down the U.S. system as certain players teetered toward collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Californians watched as the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, another D.C. power player from San Francisco, teetered into frailty, muddled through her final chapter in Washington and then died in office at 90 in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

The tall pile of meat teetered on the man's dish as he huffed up the mountain.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

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

"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

Clare, however, felt only a cold rush—his monocle teetering ever so slightly.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman