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  • present participle of teeter.

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Teetering between definitive fates is frustrating unless you view it as the anticipatory cushion between where you are and someplace brighter.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2021

Teetering on poverty and unable to secure appropriate housing from the local council, Sandra endeavors to build herself and her girls a home fit for a family with the help of the community.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2021

Teetering between two worlds – New Hampshire, where he is a student, and Los Angeles – he appears to have seen some light.

From The Guardian • Mar. 2, 2019

Teetering precariously between satire and base humor, “Jimmy Vestvood” squanders opportunities for both.

From Washington Post • May 12, 2016

Teetering back as if on the edge of the swimming pool: comic yodel, windmilling arms.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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