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wobbly

[wob-lee] / ˈwɒb li /


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The overall tongue-in-cheekiness of “Lanterns” makes it wobbly stuff for allegory, but the more alarming aspect is the John Stewart backstory.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The court heard Fong also called into the garden for Cookie to get down, which is when Jones came towards her "wobbly".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

GameStop’s sales have been wobbly, amid the flight to digital gaming.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

But shouldering a wobbly, expensive summer tentpole is a risk — just ask Sam Worthington or Taylor Kitsch.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

I do stop to tie my shoes, and I’m wobbly while I do it because my head is still dizzy.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

Now the industry limps along by focusing on artificial intelligence; private equity also has experienced setbacks and looks even wobblier to me.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 18, 2026

The higher and lower the reflected illusion goes, the wobblier and more distorted the mental landscape becomes.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2022

Paul collaboration "Trophy" is grimy and automotive; "Happy" and "Fool to Love" are lighter and wobblier.

From The Verge Jul. 29, 2016

Zoom in closer, and that career arc looks wobblier than a late-career Manning spiral.

From Slate Mar. 6, 2016

His stance grew wobblier with each passing second, but somehow he managed to make eye contact with me.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Since that time, scientists have used what they have learned about gravitational waves to observe a black hole devour a neutron star, glimpse inside neutron stars and even discover the wobbliest black hole ever seen.

From Salon Nov. 28, 2023

Since then, the discovery of gravitational waves have allowed scientists to peer inside neutron stars and discover the wobbliest black hole ever detected.

From Salon Jun. 29, 2023

Science news headlines regularly tout how gravitational waves are allowing scientists to do new things like peer inside neutron stars and discover the wobbliest black hole ever detected.

From Salon Nov. 18, 2022

Open to become the first woman in 27 years to hold all four majors in a calendar year, it would cap another milestone for the record-breaking American: the wobbliest dominant season in tennis history.

From Washington Post Aug. 29, 2015

And their boxes and steamships are the wobbliest things.”

From Maida's Little Shop by Inez Haynes Gillmore




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