teetering
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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
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
Massive flooding left a government building in western Nepal teetering on the edge of an unstable ledge before it fell into the Daram River.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the "situation is getting out of control. It is teetering on the edge of the unimaginable".
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Babou hoisted himself onto the roof, teetering for a moment at the top, and I was convinced I was about to witness my grandfather plummet to his death off his own rooftop.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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