stagger
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Governments are planning to release their reserves to the market over several months to stagger the effect, officials said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
Brown managed to stagger out of Buck’s apartment to a nearby gas station, where he called 911.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
Asian investors battled Wednesday to kickstart a recovery in equities following the latest stagger across world markets that has been caused by worries over an AI-fuelled bubble and uncertainty over US interest rates.
From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025
Somewhere half past exhaustion, we stagger back to Café Iruña.
From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025
But the stone was still in his hand, so he pushed himself up and began to stagger toward the Northern Mountain.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
The Monkey King frees six puppet horses, who rise above the stage on long poles; he staggers out of the furnace with glowing red eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
Still in her wedding dress, she staggers out to the street shrieking, “Is everybody gay???”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2023
A middle-aged man staggers into the bar and dances and sings along to a song in the Kikuyu language before slumping on one of the benches to join his friends.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2023
Soon after the Danish priest at the center of “Godland” staggers onto Iceland for the first time, he falls to his knees.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
She tries one more time and smacks herself so hard on the forehead she staggers a bit.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
I didn’t feel any affinity with the humanoid that smashed Bolt’s 100-meter record, but found the robot weightlifter that crumpled under a 15kg barbell and staggered into a table very relatable.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Still, because the homes are staggered up a hillside, upward of 100 properties could gain a better lake view from the poisoned trees’ removal, according to the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
"I was moved, overwhelmed and staggered actually that people were coming from far and wide," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Like when a weightlifter staggered under a puny-looking barbell, then dropped it, tripped over it and landed face first.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Cluny staggered into the entrance to the bell tower, where Friar Hugo had been tolling the Joseph Bell.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Despite those staggering figures, the brown dwarf is so massive that this material loss represents only a tiny portion of its total mass.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
With Elon Musk’s wealth back over $1 trillion, thanks to a surge in the value of SpaceX on Monday, the question is how to represent that staggering fortune.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
That is how much American businesses and consumers eventually have to spend per year on the services of companies like Anthropic and OpenAI to justify the staggering sums being committed to the technology right now.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But it’s their palpable trust in one another that’s staggering.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The men in his company had done what the country had asked of them, but the cost was staggering.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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