staggers
Britishnoun
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a form of vertigo associated with decompression sickness
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Also called: blind staggers. a disease of horses and some other domestic animals characterized by a swaying unsteady gait, caused by infection, toxins, or lesions of the central nervous system
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The Monkey King frees six puppet horses, who rise above the stage on long poles; he staggers out of the furnace with glowing red eyes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
This is the blistering reality of summer for rescuers in Phoenix as America’s fifth-largest city staggers through one of its longest stretches ever of 110-degree days.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023
Still in her wedding dress, she staggers out to the street shrieking, “Is everybody gay???”
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2023
A middle-aged man staggers into the bar and dances and sings along to a song in the Kikuyu language before slumping on one of the benches to join his friends.
From BBC • Mar. 18, 2023
Dad lifts him, staggers across the room, places him in the bed by my mother.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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