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wobbly

[wob-lee] / ˈwɒb li /


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The premise of the whole show suddenly becomes wobbly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

GameStop’s sales have been wobbly, amid the flight to digital gaming.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

But I did, letting the edge of the bow sit loosely, even wobbly, between my fingers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The labor market is on solid footing after looking wobbly last year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

A little like ice-skating for the first time, wobbly, but I did it.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Now the industry limps along by focusing on artificial intelligence; private equity also has experienced setbacks and looks even wobblier to me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

Bernard Arnault’s crown as the world’s wealthiest person gets wobblier.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2023

Their pitch was a little wobblier, their harmony a little less tight, but the music sounded solid for a surprise read-through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

With Taylor’s new disclosure, the defense has become still wobblier.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2019

His stance grew wobblier with each passing second, but somehow he managed to make eye contact with me.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Since that time, scientists have used what they have learned about gravitational waves to observe a black hole devour a neutron star, glimpse inside neutron stars and even discover the wobbliest black hole ever seen.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023

Since then, the discovery of gravitational waves have allowed scientists to peer inside neutron stars and discover the wobbliest black hole ever detected.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2023

Science news headlines regularly tout how gravitational waves are allowing scientists to do new things like peer inside neutron stars and discover the wobbliest black hole ever detected.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2022

Open to become the first woman in 27 years to hold all four majors in a calendar year, it would cap another milestone for the record-breaking American: the wobbliest dominant season in tennis history.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2015

And their boxes and steamships are the wobbliest things.”

From Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore




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