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waver

[wey-ver] / ˈweɪ vər /


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"Our relationship with the US will remain critical as our most important defence and security ally. And Britain's support for Ukraine will not waver," Burnham wrote in The Times this month.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

“I do waver back and forth between, ‘you’re out, you’re 49.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

"Her love and devotion for the Arcadia community have not changed and did not waver," the statement added.

From BBC May 12, 2026

“Our confidence doesn’t waver as a team,” Reaves said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

Missus Whitworth’s smile does not waver, but the slightest bit of pink rises in her cheeks.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Walmart stock wavers as fourth-quarter earnings beat expectations but full-year guidance is softer than anticipated.

From Barron's Feb. 19, 2026

My car never tires, panics or wavers; it doesn’t jolt at brake lights or grumble at traffic jams.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

“Investors continue to show low conviction around equities, which I view as a contrarian positive. If conviction wavers easily, then this is a sign that sentiment is not ebullient, ” Lee says.

From MarketWatch Oct. 17, 2025

You would see some break dancers here and some new wavers there,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2024

The envelope wavers, mocking its own danger, as if to say It’s only paper.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Through years of typical relationship ups and downs, our attraction to each other has hardly wavered.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

The 69-year-old New Orleans native has never wavered in his claims of innocence, insisting since his 1977 arrest that the cops had the wrong guy.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2026

The next inning, Skubal wavered ever so slightly.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

While short-term participation has wavered, those rotations have kept NDR’s longer-term breadth indicators from turning bearish, the strategists said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

At another bend in the passageway, Eilonwy’s light wavered and dropped out of sight.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

And in this strict social classification - known as songbun – the jjaepo belong to the "wavering class", somewhere between the core and hostile classes.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Stocks were still wavering Wednesday afternoon after a Senate panel voted to advance Kevin Warsh’s nomination as Federal Reserve chair and the Fed kept interest rates unchanged.

From Barron's Apr. 29, 2026

“As we’ve seen over the last couple of years, there’s been wavering confidence that demand will persist in the long run, causing the market to selloff.”

From MarketWatch Mar. 30, 2026

Dane stared straight into the camera in the last few minutes of the Netflix special, his voice wavering when tears welled up in his eyes.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 20, 2026

Bobby played, but because of either his wavering confidence or interest, his efforts resulted in a minus score.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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