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1
as in to shake
to make a series of small irregular or violent movements
the patient's hand wobbles so much that he can scarcely hold a glass of water
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2
as in to sway
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the table wobbled whenever I leaned on it
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3
as in to hesitate
to show uncertainty about the right course of action
we cannot afford to have the governor wobble at this critical time
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also wabble
as in tremor
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Recent Examples of wobble
Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
As above, so below: The great imbalances wobble us in our tiniest moments.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2024
Gentle parenting is about building resilience, one wobble at a time.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The central bank cut interest rates by a half-percentage point last month—the first time officials lowered rates since 2020—with the intention to protect the job market that looked to be wobbling.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
As above, so below: The great imbalances wobble us in our tiniest moments.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2024
Noun
Normally, dates for ocean sediments drilled from the seabed are determined using a combination of fossil changes, magnetic field reversals, and aligning patterns of sediment layers with orbital wobbles calculated by astronomers.
—Howard Lee, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2024
Gentle parenting is about building resilience, one wobble at a time.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wobble
Verb
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Over the next few years, a plague of disorder will descend upon America, and maybe the world, shaking everything loose.David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Maybe that’s why World Cups end with the two teams shaking hands, one offering congratulations and the other condolences, and elections don’t.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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The defamation lawsuit alleges that the newspaper did not verify the social media claims, which were false and designed to sway voters, the president’s father said in several statements.Reuters, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, unlike polls, single individuals can sway prediction markets with big bets, as Axios' Brady Dale explained last month.Nathan Bomey, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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But because spinners are so popular now, many hunters hesitate to run them, especially on pressured ducks.Joe Arterburn, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Don’t hesitate to do your best and implement a change that stimulates personal growth or self-improvement.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Were Russia to falter in the war and start seeking an exit, countries outside Europe could be vital to the ensuing diplomacy.Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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After the recession took hold and the business faltered, Valley bought the company back to reposition it as a direct-to-consumer brand and launched an e-commerce business Alvin Valley Direct.Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
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In a lecture in 2012, the eminent physicist Freeman Dyson considered (opens a new tab) gravitational waves from the sun, where the violent churning of matter inside the star should constantly send out mild tremors in space-time.Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
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Last week was a particularly active period for the volcano, with over 1,000 thousand minutes of tremors being detected each day, and huge plumes of ash being spewed out of the mountain.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Just as the clock struck midnight on October 31, wrapping up another Halloween season, the undisputed queen of Christmas herself, Mariah Carey, struck one last terrifying blow into the hearts of her quivering subjects.Michael Savio, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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Some remind me of Piranesi’s imaginary prisons with their multilevel interiors diagonally slashed by staircases and shafts of sunlight, their ambiguous atmosphere quivering with both horror and exhilaration.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Oct. 2024
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Boeing has been lurching from crisis to crisis since January when the door panel blew off a near-new 737 MAX plane in midair, leading to the departure of Kelly's predecessor, Dave Calhoun.Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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Rather than succumbing to intoxication over the killing of Nasrallah and lurching into a full-scale, devastating regional war against Iran, Israel should take advantage of its current battlefield edge and Hamas’s and Hezbollah’s weakened state.Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
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Just up the road, where open land meets the neighborhood’s northern periphery, Jason Swann was also packing up — and waiting.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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Bosa wasn’t fined immediately, as the league waited until after the national election in which Trump defeated Kamala Harris.Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Wobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wobble. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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