erratic

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Meanwhile, the 2025 novel “Unfit” by Ariana Harwicz, about a mother losing her children in a custody battle, uses erratic crayon scribbles on its cover.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

World number one Scottie Scheffler, who had an erratic level-par 72 in round one, is among the later starters, alongside England's Tommy Fleetwood.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

By age 5, in 1951, I began to notice that her behavior could be erratic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Merz's first official visit to China comes as Berlin and Beijing seek to build on decades-old economic ties to weather global uncertainty sparked by US President Donald Trump's tariff blitz and erratic foreign policies.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

I mean, on good days, what I was learning in college excited me in ways the street and its erratic and petty rules never could.

From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez