falter

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SNPs are driving growth in Medicare Advantage at a time when the private-insurance alternative to Medicare is seeing its once-robust enrollment increases falter.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

If breadth begins to falter here, the broader market may not be far behind.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

That makes them appealing if you expect giant tech stocks—or the market as a whole—to falter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The home support will be expecting three points - but if Forest falter the pressure on Dyche will intensify.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

But the moment he makes the attempt his words falter, for he is confronted and defied by the inexplicable array of his own emotions.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright