teeter

The car was teetering precariously on the edge of the cliff.
La voiture oscillait dangereusement au bord de la falaise.
Miguel was teetering between all the different choices.
Miguel hésitait entre toutes les options.
In the 1960s it felt at times that the world was teetering toward the edge of destruction.
Dans les années 1960, on aurait dit parfois que le monde chancelait au bord de la destruction.
Faced with those daunting challenges, the world economy was teetering on the brink of a severe global downturn, possibly a global recession.
Confrontée à ces redoutables défis, l'économie mondiale est à deux doigts d'un ralentissement conjoncturel marqué, voire d'une récession mondiale.
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