teetered

Through it all, James was terrific, keeping the Lakers engaged and in the game even when it teetered.

Evergrande, which built property in more than 280 Chinese cities and branched out into other business sectors, teetered, then finally collapsed in January.

On a glorious summer day, a preschooler named Roger teetered on rocks dotting a creek in eastern Orange County, unsure if he could make it back to where his classmates and caregivers were waiting.

Over the years, H5N2 has teetered between being considered a mild threat to birds and a severe threat, but it hasn’t been considered much of a human threat.

American bald eagles teetered on the brink of extinction until the pesticide DDT was banned in the 1970s and other protections were established, leading the species to rebound.