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teeter

[tee-ter] / ˈti tər /


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The characters in her novels long for stability in landscapes where the past is forever intruding on the present—they teeter on the shifting border between perception and fact.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

If it can’t get payments from tenants quickly enough to cover its debt needs, the company’s business model could teeter.

From Barron's • Sep. 30, 2025

Until vaccination rates improve, we’ll teeter on the edge with this disease.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2025

These creatures teeter on the edge of life and death, and this was just the latest in a string of near-misses.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2024

Sometimes the outcome really does teeter and hang in the balance.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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