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wobble

[wob-uhl] / ˈwɒb əl /


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Is this growing pains or the wobble before the fall?

From Slate Aug. 7, 2026

When the semis trade started to wobble late last month, many analysts on Wall Street initially hoped the pain would be short-lived.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

The four systems attracted attention because their visible stars showed a pronounced radial wobble.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

The Warwick team, working with astronomers from the University of Colorado Boulder in the US, was interested in the four nearby systems because of a "substantial radial wobble".

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

He gave an ungainly wobble, and the golden egg, still damp from the bath, slipped from under his arm.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

That latter point may even be true, but officials have traded one panic for another by setting in motion exchange-market wobbles.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

He sees investor doubts starting to emerge amid market wobbles this year for technology and artificial-intelligence themes.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

This describes a phenomenon where a star wobbles back and forth, indicating a massive companion object is orbiting.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

When the national mood wobbles, we turn to the arts, which have the power to free buried desires, soothe souls and cross divides.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Pop Pop wobbles in, both hands planted on his cane, wheezing like he done sucked on a pile of ashes.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles

England could have wobbled, only for Cox to show good temperament for his unbeaten 23, while Root was typically assured for his 37.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

Stocks wobbled to start trade on Monday, but gained strength later in the day.

From MarketWatch May 11, 2026

After rising 160% in 2026, with most of those gains happening over the past month or so, the stock has wobbled a bit in recent days.

From Barron's May 4, 2026

Webster-Longin also wobbled on her dismount and her 9.5875 had to count.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 16, 2026

As she approached her chair, the carton wobbled, and there was a scratching noise.

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

If a wobbling stock market were to threaten companies like OpenAI, Wallerstein said he believes the federal government could ride to the rescue.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

Prince also accounted for England skipper Harry Brook and, when Harshit Rana dismissed Jacob Bethell and Tom Banton in successive deliveries, the hosts were wobbling at 111-4 in the 11th.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Instead of rotating around a single axis like most asteroids and planets, Donaldjohanson behaves more like a wobbling spinning top.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

The stand-out villain of “The Furious,” a bald bruiser played by Orange County-born Brian Le, moves like an 8-bit video game brute, wobbling his ankles before he falls down and goes boom.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

When he looked behind him and saw a wobbling, pixilated mass of men doing their best to imitate a line, he barked, “Follow me, hogs. Follow your C.O. and that is an order.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy




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