teeter
Example Sentences
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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
"It has no particular love for the military regime, but when it looked like it might teeter and fall, it equated that with state collapse, and stepped in."
From BBC • Oct. 22, 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
Dragonwings seemed to teeter for a moment, balancing on the very edge of the hillside.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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