lose footing
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Meta’s Llama-2 and Mistral AI’s Mistral 7B could both stand to lose footing.
From Salon • Nov. 7, 2023
The descent was steep and treacherous, and guilty conscience made Charles tremble lest at any moment she would lose footing and be precipitated down the dark and gaping chasms formed by glaciers and rocks.
From Alvira, the Heroine of Vesuvius by O'Reilly, A. J. (Augustine J.)
Several individuals were seen to lose footing when climbing up or down a steep bank and to roll or slide to the bottom.
From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by Legler, John M.
His horse took the bit in its teeth and ran away with him along the bank of the brook, threatening at any moment to lose footing and roll the two in the water.
From The Son of Clemenceau by Dumas fils, Alexandre
