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staggering

[stag-uh-ring] / ˈstæg ə rɪŋ /


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"Staggering" cuts to its funding mean it has had to drastically cut aid packages to millions in need, it said this week.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Staggering to her neighbour's house, she thought she would be safe.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2024

On Friday’s episode of What Next: TBD, I spoke with Faux, also the author of Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall, about crypto’s flight toward the sun—or was it the moon?

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2023

Staggering out of the theater at 1:30 in the morning, I knew I needed to spread the gospel.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2023

Staggering up the stairs, he remembered Pilate’s back as she got out of the Buick—not bent at all under the weight of the sack.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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