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wavers

  • present tense form
    of waver (3rd person singular).
    waver
    verb (used without object)
    to sway to and fro; flutter.

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Walmart stock wavers as fourth-quarter earnings beat expectations but full-year guidance is softer than anticipated.

From Barron's Feb. 19, 2026

My car never tires, panics or wavers; it doesn’t jolt at brake lights or grumble at traffic jams.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

“Investors continue to show low conviction around equities, which I view as a contrarian positive. If conviction wavers easily, then this is a sign that sentiment is not ebullient, ” Lee says.

From MarketWatch Oct. 17, 2025

The flag wavers are the bold ones, the ones a good team offense needs.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2025

As he pulls off of Pacific Coast Highway, the plant wavers before him like an ugly industrial mirage, asphalt heat making it shimmer before him.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman