shaky
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And while you might think a stock-and-bond portfolio offers better protection against a big rise in inflation, that’s a shaky argument.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
That’s some shaky ground on which to repair bruised friendships.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
But the recovery in Gulf flows remains shaky, and oil is still around $100 barrel, Georgieva said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
England's bolder approach after a shaky opening 25 minutes offered up the prospect of a landmark victory, but shambolic defending saw Guehi and O'Reilly present gifts Spain were happy to accept.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The screen switched to a shaky video of my speech at Gran’s church.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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To be sure, some doubts are still nagging at investors after last week brought into focus some of the risks to the AI boom’s shakier players.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
The move lower followed stock gains of more than 20% so far this year for the chain, after investors bet on a big rebound following shakier sales trends over the past few years.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
The underperformance is unusual because healthcare is considered a defensive sector—one to move into, not away from, when the economy gets shakier.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
The same could be said of Lesli Margherita’s Mrs. Lovett, the proprietor of a filthy and failing Fleet Street pie shop, but it’s a shakier case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
“How’re you doing, sweetheart?” she asked, her voice faint, her breath even shakier than it had been yesterday.
From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness
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“OpenAI’s nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations,” Apple’s complaint said, accusing the AI lab of “a pattern of theft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"OpenAI's nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets," the complaint said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
That is one element of this which the committee is doubtless going to want to probe further, and perhaps where Sir Olly felt on shakiest ground.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Then came a 10-foot stretch in which you had to swing yourself between vertically hanging ropes, with only the shakiest of footing below.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Morgan to buy it by offering a knockdown price and guaranteeing Bear Stearns’s shakiest assets.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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