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wobbly

[wob-lee] / ˈwɒb li /


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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

But I did, letting the edge of the bow sit loosely, even wobbly, between my fingers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

The labor market is on solid footing after looking wobbly last year.

From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026

Is government going wobbly on its migration plans?

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

“Listen, kids, I have to fix the wobbly banister on the second floor and then take the building trash out. But we’re not done talking about this, okay?”

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Their pitch was a little wobblier, their harmony a little less tight, but the music sounded solid for a surprise read-through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

They can only destroy each other, and our empathy for them, which seesaws back and forth as their statuses get wobblier.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2019

My feet got wobblier, my efforts to loop back to the starting point slower and my water breaks more frequent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2018

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

From The Verge ● Jul. 29, 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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