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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Lakers coach JJ Redick staggers the use of Luka Doncic and LeBron James in an effort to develop offensive cohesion.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025
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
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
After what feels like forever, he stops, and I hear his uneven footsteps as he staggers down the hall to his bedroom.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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