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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

Their title defense, which had suddenly looked so wobbly, was still alive.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 4, 2026

She said she was glad she did not have a heart condition, adding: "When I managed to get to Shell I felt very wobbly."

From BBC Jun. 24, 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

They sat back and enjoyed the rhythmic ride, mesmerized into a weary silence by the fullness of their stomachs and the steady movements of the wobbly cart.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies ostensibly pegged to the value of a stable asset like the dollar that have sometimes proven wobblier than promised.

From New York Times Oct. 3, 2022

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

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 Gillmore, Inez Haynes




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