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wobbles

  • plural
    of wobble.
    wobble
    verb (used without object)
    to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
  • present tense form
    of wobble (3rd person singular).
    wobble
    verb (used without object)
    to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.

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Investors piled into safe havens on Thursday following the tech wobbles and inflation scares.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

When the national mood wobbles, we turn to the arts, which have the power to free buried desires, soothe souls and cross divides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

The upcoming SpaceX IPO is currently creating wobbles for other equities, Thomas Lee, managing partner and head of research at the New York-based boutique firm, wrote in a note on Tuesday.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

As generations of Russian children know, the roly-poly 'nevalyashka' wobbles a lot, but never falls down.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

For instance, if you have a ball in free fall, it moves in a parabola, while a frictionless spring wobbles back and forth forever, and a spring with friction slowly comes to rest.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife