unstable
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The researchers believe the shipment sank during a particularly unstable period in Mediterranean history.
From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026
This is the 17th Ebola outbreak to hit the DRC, a vast and unstable central African country of more than 100 million people.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
But over the short and even intermediate terms, lasting not just several years but decades, gold’s correlation to inflation is unstable.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
If the race for nuclear weapons widens and accelerates, the region will become more unstable, heightening risks for the entire world.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Colonel Cathcart lived by his wits in an unstable, arithmetical world of black eyes and feathers in his cap, of overwhelming imaginary triumphs and catastrophic imaginary defeats.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing unstable
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