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falter

[fawl-ter] / ˈfɔl tər /


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Analysts anticipate Best Buy’s sales could falter as rising memory costs increase laptop and computer prices.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

That balance, she argues, is where many returning shows falter.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Plentiful jobs and potential six-figure incomes draw young people as other industries falter; U.S. healthcare is “a modern middle-class jobs engine.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Still, the economy can only sustain so many blows before it begins to falter.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

He has not come this far, and seen the things he’s seen happen to his family, just to falter in these last moments and die.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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