stagger

Broucke attempted versions with an 18 and 13-minute stagger, but the creative team found that in those increments the scenes didn’t flow as naturally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

They stagger their appliance use in the mornings, checking that a fan isn’t running at the same time as the coffeemaker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Asian investors battled Wednesday to kickstart a recovery in equities following the latest stagger across world markets that has been caused by worries over an AI-fuelled bubble and uncertainty over US interest rates.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

For better and mostly for worse, she has allowed Jeffries to stagger on his own two feet.

From Salon ● Nov. 9, 2025

‘Here’s that cub of yours!’ he boomed, tossing the bag at Torak with a force that made him stagger.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

With black smoke belching high into the sky, Lobga staggers some 90 seconds before collapsing in flames and a U.N. security guard rushes over blasting an extinguisher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

As an “inflorescence” — a plant structure containing hundreds of male and female flowers at the base — the plant usually staggers its bloom to avoid self-pollination.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

Still in her wedding dress, she staggers out to the street shrieking, “Is everybody gay???”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023

A middle-aged man staggers into the bar and dances and sings along to a song in the Kikuyu language before slumping on one of the benches to join his friends.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023

A Capitol attendant rushes to help, but Haymitch waves her away good-naturedly as he staggers off.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

Laddering simply means buying CDs with staggered maturity dates — for example, one that matures in six months, another in a year, and another later still.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

One source claimed that the invitees’ arrival times were staggered such that there were A, B, C, and D lists.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

Those agencies are often structured as multimember commissions with staggered, time-limited terms.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

She’s driving past homes here, finding their prices on websites, is staggered by the bang for the buck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Torak tore himself free and staggered up the trail.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

In the first year after his second inauguration in January 2025, Trump is reported to have made a staggering $2.24 billion.

From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has offloaded his longtime Hawaii sanctuary for the staggering price of $36 million—just months after he invested $44 million in buying a luxury residence in Florida.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

"Paper documents accumulate at a staggering scale," says one employee at a Japanese hospital, who asked not to be named.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

So far in 2026, the performance gap across large-cap growth index ETFs from Invesco, iShares, State Street and Vanguard is staggering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Will no one come?” it cried; and then, while the staggering and stamping went on wildly, I distinguished through plank and plaster:—

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë