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
"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
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
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
Yet despite his government's nimble response and Seychelles' remarkably swift economic bounce-back, his popularity teeters.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
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
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
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
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
His subgravity walk teetered across the broken ground, kicking rocks to right and left under his weight in noiseless puffs of gray dust.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Raising the ante in any new fight would expose Iran’s infrastructure to attack when its economy is teetering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 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
If anything, Grande is having a blast - teetering around in perilous heels, blowing kisses to the audience and embracing the physical and vocal demands of her show.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Okay, sweetheart,” she said, teetering over to kiss him on the forehead.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
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