instability
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It demeans the entire nation, and adds to the instability in the world.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026
Five women and three men are in the running to succeed Antonio Guterres as leader of the United Nations, which faces unprecedented global instability, wars and its own crushing budget crisis.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Higher interest rates, a global slowdown, political instability and AI capex are just four things about which investors aren’t especially troubled in late summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A fear of political instability in the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Though the sea itself was a danger to him in the hard weather of the season, that danger and change and instability seemed to him a defense and chance.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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Its present size and depth, approximately 350 km wide, line up well with predictions for these slow-moving mantle instabilities.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2025
These persistent instabilities can affect everything from uplift and erosion to inland volcanic patterns, even in regions considered geologically stable.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2025
When applied to cosmic scales, this suggests that plasma instabilities alone are too weak to account for the missing gamma rays.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025
The researchers also demonstrated that they could use the ring-shaped beam to drill deeper into the material without causing instabilities in the process.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
The ordinary object of the physician is to check these instabilities when they occur; to restore healthy blood in the place of vitiated.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
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