teeter

Crisis strikes the kitchen when our forgotten, shelved-away ingredients teeter on the fine line between fresh and spoiled.

From Salon ● May 30, 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

"I'm constantly trying to teeter on, you know, 'are people over the old stuff? Do they want new stuff?'"

From BBC ● May 30, 2025

After a few minutes, Otto was able to uncurl his long toes and teeter to his feet.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

The government may be tempted to do it again if a large private fund teeters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

Broadcom earnings could be strong thanks to artificial intelligence demand, but shareholders should be prepared for a muted stock reaction as market sentiment teeters.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

Yet despite his government's nimble response and Seychelles' remarkably swift economic bounce-back, his popularity teeters.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

An epic treehouse that has stood in Sherman Oaks for 24 years now teeters on the brink of destruction after the city of L.A. declared the whimsical creation a crime.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025

On an apple bough, the phoebe teeters and wags its tail and says, “Phoebe, phoe-bee!”

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

Back then, American Axle was scrambling to cut costs and hunker down as its main customer, GM, teetered toward bankruptcy the following year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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

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

Californians watched as the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, another D.C. power player from San Francisco, teetered into frailty, muddled through her final chapter in Washington and then died in office at 90 in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

She tipped and teetered as she crossed the rocks, but kept right on talking and stepping as if she knew that no matter what, she would get across.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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

Messi and Co. were teetering on the edge not only of defeat, but of suffering the most ignominious upset in the 96-year history of the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

"The project will enable the production of scientifically accurate replicas for museums, classrooms and educational programs, helping to raise awareness and support conservation efforts for a species now teetering on the edge of extinction."

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

Base jumpers parachuted from its heights, and a performance artist recorded himself teetering along a 1-inch-wide slackline strung between two of the properties’ 40-story towers.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026

Thinking about all of this made Jess feel dizzy, as if she was teetering at the edge of a cliff.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis