teetered
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The market for asset-backed commercial paper teetered on the brink of collapse during the financial crisis before stagnating for a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Even as Lotus built icons like Esprit, which famously turned into a submarine in the 1977 James Bond film “The Spy Who Loved Me,” it often teetered on the brink of disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 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
A brown foal with a white stripe on its muzzle teetered on toothpick legs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
The tall pile of meat teetered on the man's dish as he huffed up the mountain.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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