Example Sentences

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At stake in any investigation is whether Syria will be able to turn the page on the civil war, or whether it will teeter back into violence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

She adopted the persona of “the Boxing Diva” — a fighter who will teeter into Gleason’s on Prada platform heels, wearing a Tory Burch top and Bulgari eyeglasses that she converted from sunglasses.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2011