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shaky

[shay-kee] / ˈʃeɪ ki /




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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

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

“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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