teeter
verb (used without object)
to move unsteadily.
are teetering
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present progressiveof teeter.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Small NPR and PBS stations in California are teetering after Congress pulled funding from public broadcasting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
For all that inflation has drifted gently down, many still feel their household finances are teetering.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2023
While few people grow their own corn, piles of ears are teetering at the supermarket or farm stand this time of year.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2023
Midsize banks are teetering and markets are seesawing after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
And a hundred million years later, Jordie Duros, Clayton Pouncey, and I are teetering across a darkened parking lot, struggling under the weight of an eighty-pound bag.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
