falter
Example Sentences
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He suggests that if the tech sector does start to meaningfully falter this may deliver a psychological shift among investors whereby the erstwhile winners are given the losers tag.
From MarketWatch
Executives who excelled at trimming costs faltered when it came to building brands, according to former executives and other employees, often leaving junior employees to increase sales of struggling products on slim budgets.
But the gambit has faltered as the combined entity’s debt load has proved unsustainable.
But again, Riggs, now serving to stay in the match, faltered.
From BBC
Time is short and victory far from assured as the economy falters and the population ages, but change did start to happen this year.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
