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Still, Mr. Pastorek stressed that Mr. Vallas was more than willing to close charter schools that were faltering, citing a 2011 decision to shutter the Harriet R. Tubman School in the city’s Algiers neighborhood.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2023

The tools Portland was celebrated for — the unusual level of citizen engagement and grassroots groups working across neighborhood lines — were faltering.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

Holders Australia were thrashed by New Zealand in the opening game of their own World Cup and were faltering against Sri Lanka until Marcus Stoinis suddenly combined tree-trunk arms with the eye of Don Bradman.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2022

It soon became clear that the odds of a deal were faltering.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022

Even the garrons of the northmen were faltering for want of fodder.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin