poise

What poise that existed out there came from Danny Rohl's team.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Navigating that kind of rupture would take poise, flexibility, and tact.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

Outside, winter shows its envy and its poise.

From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026

For players 16 and 15 years old, respectively, to deliver with poise and confidence on such a big stage speaks to a bright future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026

“Not that Trudy’s unattractive, but you’re the one with the poise and the real style.”

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Then there’s that open, teeth-exposing, wonder-filled smile that poises sheer delight on the brink of a bottomless despair, two states of feeling that somehow both negate and enhance each other.

From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2019

Others include pacifiers with a part that poises a choking hazard to young children.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2016

Choosing permanent head of division poises an early quandary for John Brennan.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 28, 2013

Contrasting lives: Syrian caught in the middle CIA director faces quandary on clandestine service appointment Choosing permanent head of division poises an early quandary for John Brennan.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2013

That was why he had been swinging the poises.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Nationally, measles cases have nearly eclipsed last year’s total already and the country is poised to hit its highest case level since the late 1980s and early ’90s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Australia and England are, though, poised to play a one-off Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 2027 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first meeting between the sides.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Following a constitutional reform that extended the presidential mandate from five to six years, Nicaragua is poised to host general elections in 2027.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

The federations behind all the participating World Cup teams were poised earlier this year to become tax-exempt entities, according to an April report from the Guardian.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Lily waits across the room poised at another door, expecting me to follow.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

But that hasn’t slowed down the scooter-makers: Both Bird and Lime have raised hundreds of millions in venture capital funding, poising the companies to continue to expanding across the country.

From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2018

The Greeley Fire Department determined the people had carbon monoxide poising and 22 people were taken to a hospital Saturday night.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2018

Last week a glittering aluminum Ceres took her place on the city's skyline, poising her twinkling magnificence on top of Chicago's tallest office pylon, the new 44-story, 609 ft.

From Time Magazine Archive

A white hedonist basking deliciously among South Sea Islanders and a sturdy Cape Codder poising his malicious harpoon over boiling seas, join incongruously in the popular impression of Herman Melville.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, poising her flushing, the arch-stone of the realm, he made an end.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White