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Congress has never let Social Security falter or skip a benefit, but the federal government hasn’t voted on any legislation that would resolve the program’s financing issues.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Only around 1993 did that accuracy begin to falter and the global population began falling behind the forecasts — because the world began to do what von Foerster and his colleagues recommended it do.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Health, nutrition and family engagement have long been core values and some fear that without guardrails the program will falter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

It started to falter under the new "three red lines" -- caps for three different debt ratios -- which forced the group to offload properties at increasingly steep discounts.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

How strange that an article on wood pigeons could so recall the past and make me falter as I read aloud.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

If the more collaborative approach falters and a water agency fails to meet commitments, regulators still have the option of putting it back under the traditional regulations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

BBC Eye Investigations has spent time with Raseel across the summer, as the ceasefire falters and bombardment continues, to see the challenges doctors are facing in Gaza.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

And while his impartiality occasionally and inevitably falters, the missteps show how difficult, and ultimately useless, it is to ignore humanity’s wide-ranging gray areas to make a beeline for black or white.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

And how vulnerable will the global economy be if this critical engine of demand falters?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

His step falters as we sweep over the floor.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

In October 2000, after a summer rally spurred by Federal Reserve easing, Wall Street’s darlings faltered as investors faced up to the fact that the dot-com bubble was deflating.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

As the economy faltered, an orderly, healthy home could be sold as a form of salvation, with prosperity seemingly within reach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The trend has buoyed consumer spending even as inflation-adjusted wage growth has faltered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Businesses have shuttered, hospitals have had to turn to generators that have occasionally faltered, and residents have been scrambling to charge phones and refrigerate food.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

“If you don’t want to look at typewriters, you can look at . . .” James faltered for a second.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Burnham was the only G7 leader to speak at this year's conference in a sign of faltering support for the COP process - something he acknowledged in his speech.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

The UN biodiversity summit enters a final day Friday with nations still far from reaching a deal to revive a faltering pledge to stop destroying nature.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The Berlin Philharmonic’s reputation as a thoroughbred among orchestras is in no danger of faltering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Meanwhile, the annual checkup, long the cornerstone of preventive care, is faltering.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

He repeated the same process, the heart pumping and sputtering for a while before faltering like the last one.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs