teetered

Example Sentences

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Job growth lagged far behind much of the country and property values teetered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Others teetered on the hole's edge, or listed as water ran away.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2025

The big financial institutions were intertwined by a web of complex financial instruments and vehicles that threatened to bring down the U.S. system as certain players teetered toward collapse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

The singer has always teetered on breaking through the mainstream but she's held onto relevance mainly because of her 2014 hit single "2 On."

From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024

An icy wind teetered trash cans and turned my cheeks to marble.

From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman