tottered; tottering; totters
2
a
: to tremble or rock as if about to fall : sway
b
: to become unstable : threaten to collapse
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Verb
The child tottered across the room.
He tottered away to bed.
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Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
America was full of hope, tottering hastily toward a technological age filled with grand expectations for the future.
—Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
But the purchase also is a reminder that the Bay Area office market totters at the edge of an economic abyss of plunging values, faltering rents, rising foreclosures, sky-high interest rates, and tough financing markets.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
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Verb
European auto sales charts are filled with red ink as economies totter but a rare positive story surrounds Toyota’s premium subsidy Lexus, which will be helped by its newest electric vehicle, the RZ 300e.
—Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
America was full of hope, tottering hastily toward a technological age filled with grand expectations for the future.
—Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
Noun
His son struggles to keep the Vegas’ gym, in Los Angeles, afloat amid the pandemic; his grandson, who is gay, totters between academic ambition and self-exploitation.
—The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
But the purchase also is a reminder that the Bay Area office market totters at the edge of an economic abyss of plunging values, faltering rents, rising foreclosures, sky-high interest rates, and tough financing markets.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 4 June 2024
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“Totter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/totter. Accessed 20 Nov. 2024.
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