falter
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Hopes the crucial waterway would be reopened have taken another hit as peace talks falter and cargo ships are attacked, but investors still have reason for hope.
From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026
That balance, she argues, is where many returning shows falter.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
But Michigan fans knew all too well how a thrown-together superteam could falter at the finish line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Where the ancient sources are rich or pose few difficulties, Mr. Elliott’s account is lively; he is more liable to falter where evidence is in shorter supply or when he ranges beyond the Severan age.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
‘Keep to the green grass. Don’t you go a-meddling with old stone or cold Wights or prying in their houses, unless you be strong folk with hearts that never falter!’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing falter
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