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From here, Robert carefully stacks a Jenga tower of suspense-laden set pieces and surprisingly moving family drama, without so much as letting the structure teeter.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

At stake in any investigation is whether Syria will be able to turn the page on the civil war, or whether it will teeter back into violence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

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

Then, abruptly, familiarly, and, as usual, with no warning, he thought he felt his mind dislodge itself and teeter, like insecure luggage on an overhead rack.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

This opening by Havana, a serious breach in the island's anti-capitalist system, comes as the Cuban economy teeters on the brink of collapse.

From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026

The film is so committed to its rigors — the two-person cast, the glacial camera pivots, the moody lighting — that it teeters on the line of becoming monotonous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2026

Like most of Mr. Puryear’s spare, finely fabricated, handcrafted sculptures, “Aso Oke” teeters between conflicting associations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

Now, after shocking France at Twickenham a fortnight ago, they have found a happy habit of finding a way to win as the match teeters, nerves strain and muscles stiffen.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2025

She teeters towards me; I wait for a sign.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

MP Materials, a volatile small-cap since its 2020 special-purpose acquisition company debut, has swung between boom and bust for rare-earth investors but has never teetered on the edge of failure.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026

The company famously teetered on the edge of bankruptcy in 1996, surviving only through a $5 million cash injection from the Japanese videogame developer Sega.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

Nomadic Aviation Group, his company, had been standing by for months as Spirit teetered closer to the brink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

England's Ashes tour teetered on another crisis as they were bowled out for 110 by Australia on an almost farcical first day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

Knotted round each other, they teetered, clutched, swayed.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

It sort of gave me a direction early on because I was a little bit teetering in those days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Massive flooding left a government building in western Nepal teetering on the edge of an unstable ledge before it fell into the Daram River.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Now that a majority of Americans own stocks, policymakers may find it hard to sit on the sidelines and not step in if the equity market is teetering, Balchunas said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026

Crowds of onlookers stood near buildings teetering on collapse with police officials doing little to cordon off the area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

Mom asks, the edge in her voice teetering over into anger.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon