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wobble

[wob-uhl] / ˈwɒb əl /


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The Warwick team, working with astronomers from the University of Colorado Boulder in the US, was interested in the four nearby systems because of a "substantial radial wobble".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

This effect causes the tilted disk to wobble.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

Remember when we all believed that the market would be in dire straits if the megacap tech stocks had a wobble?

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

Repetitive as his jokes get, he’s terrific when his battery runs low, forcing him to wobble hungover-like through a kitchen before plopping face-first in a dog bowl.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

As Professor Lupin went to stand next to it, the wardrobe gave a sudden wobble, banging off the wall.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

When the national mood wobbles, we turn to the arts, which have the power to free buried desires, soothe souls and cross divides.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Bonds also provide diversification in a portfolio in case of economic wobbles, such as an inflationary impact from the Iran war.

From MarketWatch Jun. 13, 2026

Blindsides are mainstays in films like this, just as in life, and tend to be followed by emotional fractures or wobbles of faith.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2026

Its axis slowly wobbles over time like a spinning top, a movement known as axial precession.

From Science Daily May 27, 2026

We sat for a while longer, then I started to get up, except I was still feeling the wobbles in my head.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

Another woman’s voice wobbled as she described working in a healthcare facility in Santa Monica, where they could see the blaze last year.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

And as Rose wobbled, McIlroy continued to produce a string of brilliant shots to retake the lead.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 12, 2026

Oil prices wobbled on Friday ahead of talks between the U.S. and Iran due to take place over the weekend loom.

From MarketWatch Apr. 10, 2026

England's line-out wobbled badly against the Irish, however, and hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie, another to be withdrawn before the interval, pays the price with Jamie George coming back into the starting line-up.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

As she approached her chair, the carton wobbled, and there was a scratching noise.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

If a wobbling stock market were to threaten companies like OpenAI, Wallerstein said he believes the federal government could ride to the rescue.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

As the wobbling disk periodically blocks and reflects light from the magnetar, the system behaves like a flashing cosmic lighthouse.

From Science Daily Jul. 6, 2026

There were these moments when he was really wobbling.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

The stand-out villain of “The Furious,” a bald bruiser played by Orange County-born Brian Le, moves like an 8-bit video game brute, wobbling his ankles before he falls down and goes boom.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

The repetition was so relentless that, instead of feeling sharper, I was actually starting to feel blurry and a little bored—which might be why I started wobbling on my beam routine.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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