in the balance
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“I don’t believe in saying now what I might do at the meetings that we have in the balance of this year,” Warsh said on the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank annual meeting in Bangkok.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026
At 17-14 edging towards half-time the contest was in the balance, before a match-defining sequence just before the interval.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Treasury and the Fed “would work together if there was any change in the balance sheet,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the world of high stakes sporting events where everything and everyone hangs in the balance on outcome and fair play, video replay is essential to getting calls right.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Lawrence feared that the failure at Y-12 would destroy the army’s confidence in the entire bomb project, with billions of dollars—indeed, the entire war effort—hanging in the balance.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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