teetering
Example Sentences
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Even within a scene, mayhem stacks up like teetering plates.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
In December 2023, he inherited a country teetering on crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Meanwhile, the night’s theme — “Costume Art” — has onlookers concerned that the Met Gala might be teetering into unintentional self-parody.
From Salon • May 5, 2026
Instead, Japan’s economy is teetering on the edge of recession.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Bronwyn hovered anxiously around an old woman who was teetering half-conscious in a chair, mummied up in a blanket.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
