fickle
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This is a fickle market, considering that Broadcom reported a 48% increase in sales for its fiscal second quarter from the year-earlier quarter, along with an 85% increase in earnings per share.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
"Keeping him would be a big risk. But football fans are very fickle and if he wins a few games at the start of next season then people will forget about this."
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Working with stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, director Kristoffer Borgli is less interested in matters of compatibility than the fickle calculus of cancellation.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
The MLB playoffs are notoriously fickle and subject to randomness that prevents dynasties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Suddenly, as if one body, the bison turned and stared across the field of big bluestem—the way she was supposed to go, according to her fickle map app.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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