shaky
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That’s some shaky ground on which to repair bruised friendships.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Still, the rebound has been shaky so far as markets keep repricing rate paths in both Japan and the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
Ezri Konsa: Some shaky moments for Konsa and England's back four but the centre-back regrouped and got better as the game went on.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
And I walked my shaky, cold little legs swiftly back to the car.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“The article said to visit the vet right away if your cat shows any symptoms,” I said, my words tumbling out high-pitched and shaky.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Investors have come to expect a big rebound after shakier sales trends over the past few years.
From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026
The underperformance is unusual because healthcare is considered a defensive sector—one to move into, not away from, when the economy gets shakier.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
The same could be said of Lesli Margherita’s Mrs. Lovett, the proprietor of a filthy and failing Fleet Street pie shop, but it’s a shakier case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
But then, it seems all of Australia's politicians may be on shakier ground.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
He always looked kind of nervous, but he appeared even shakier than usual.
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
“OpenAI’s nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations,” Apple’s complaint said, accusing the AI lab of “a pattern of theft.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
"OpenAI's nascent hardware business now rests on the shakiest of foundations, rotten to its core by its illegal reliance on misappropriated trade secrets," the complaint said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
That is one element of this which the committee is doubtless going to want to probe further, and perhaps where Sir Olly felt on shakiest ground.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Then came a 10-foot stretch in which you had to swing yourself between vertically hanging ropes, with only the shakiest of footing below.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Morgan to buy it by offering a knockdown price and guaranteeing Bear Stearns’s shakiest assets.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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