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waver

[wey-ver] / ˈweɪ vər /


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Starmer has said the UK's support "will not waver" when the new prime minister takes charge.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 28, 2026

But Ford has said he will not waver until all US tariffs are removed.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

And plink! a silver drop falls, and the round wrinkles in the glass make all the towers bend and waver like weeds and corals in a grotto of the sea.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

He plans to leave the Public in the best possible shape for the next generation of artists, and never wavers from its core mission.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

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

His smile wavers and he looks away, moving to close the door behind her.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

Realizing it was in a must-turn-right lane, the Waymo flicked on its left blinker, wavered toward the middle lane, changed its mind, and turned right—away from the hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 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

But Toomer’s eyes never wavered from the waves.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

After wavering in early trading, major U.S. stock indexes were mixed.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 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

The pioneering crypto’s sharp reversal signals a now increasing appetite for risk, with traditional safe-haven assets wavering.

From MarketWatch Mar. 4, 2026

The little wavering point of light danced through the air and fluttered around the head of the speaker.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman




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