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
At stake in any investigation is whether Syria will be able to turn the page on the civil war, or whether it will teeter back into violence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 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
Until vaccination rates improve, we’ll teeter on the edge with this disease.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2025
After a few minutes, Otto was able to uncurl his long toes and teeter to his feet.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
A tense scene between her and her sister, Ms. Lucio’s Mia, teeters between sororal competition and sympathy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
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
I stand so fast my chair teeters, trying to guard the contents of my typewriter.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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
England's Ashes tour teetered on another crisis as they were bowled out for 110 by Australia on an almost farcical first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 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
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
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
Some were teetering on the verge of collapse and others had already fallen.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
I can see the first apple teetering when I let the third arrow go, catching the torn flap of burlap and ripping it from the bag.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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