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waver

[wey-ver] / ˈweɪ vər /


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But President Nixon’s resignation, economic stagnation and the Vietnam War had caused Americans’ faith in government to waver.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

"My belief in myself can't waver and it's not," the head coach said.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

When Paul pressed him again about his lack of apology, lack of contrition, and inability to even say he “misspoke,” while ribbing him about his “low impulse control” and presentation of “machismo,” Mullin didn’t waver.

From Slate Mar. 18, 2026

The Girl's face hardens—but behind that I can see something waver, if only for a moment, and she looks like the girl I'd met on the streets.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu

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

The flag wavers are the bold ones, the ones a good team offense needs.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2025

Audrey looks me hard in the face, wavers, then hands me a question.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Farjado’s voice wavered as she recalled one of her son’s promises: “He told me every time he’ll be at home: ‘Mom, don’t worry when you don’t work, when you’re doing nothing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Bitcoin was down 0.5% to $59,954 over the past 24 hours, having wavered above and below the $60,000 mark the past few days, according to data from CoinDesk.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

“This has been an extraordinarily taxing ordeal for her, and she has never wavered while testifying in front of two grand juries and three trial juries over the course of eight years.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

The film has wavered too much, and the story’s vacillating opinion on devices starts to point back at Disney.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

He never wavered from claiming that all of the games in the 1985 match were fixed and prearranged move-by-move.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

Although stocks are wavering on Monday, markets have been in a major slump since the conflict began.

From Barron's Mar. 30, 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

He referenced an emotional moment with his family in which he thanked his parents for never wavering.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 9, 2026

Indoors it was dark—the wick, burning in its shallow saucer of oil, threw only a dim wavering light—but outside the land glimmered, sometimes pale and sometimes vivid, in the flicker of lightning.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya




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