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The district has had a history of instable finances that led to a state takeover in the 1990s and the repayment of a near $29 million loan.
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
The weather is accompanying a cold front that is descending from Canada, plunging temperatures far below normal across much of the United States and creating an instable environment where thunderstorms thrive.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
Douglass Morgan, the Raiders president and the first Black woman to hold the title for an N.F.L. team, also inherited an instable organization.
—Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
Throughout the morning, Twitter users continue to share concerns on the cause of a season of instable flying.
—Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
The instable weather and the delay in the fourth quarter brought back memories of 2019 when Washington and California played a night game that was delayed by lightning storms in the Seattle area.
—Tim Booth, ajc, 5 Nov. 2022
Photo: agencja gazeta/Reuters Some commentators compared the murder to the killing of Jo Cox, a British liberal legislator who was shot and stabbed to death by a mentally instable man inspired by far-right politics.
—Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2019
With today's instable geopolitical times, a theatrical reboot offers fresh fodder for the show to put a mirror up to society.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 19 July 2017
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Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025
The weather is accompanying a cold front that is descending from Canada, plunging temperatures far below normal across much of the United States and creating an instable environment where thunderstorms thrive.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Sep. 2025
Douglass Morgan, the Raiders president and the first Black woman to hold the title for an N.F.L. team, also inherited an instable organization.
—Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
Throughout the morning, Twitter users continue to share concerns on the cause of a season of instable flying.
—Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2023
The instable weather and the delay in the fourth quarter brought back memories of 2019 when Washington and California played a night game that was delayed by lightning storms in the Seattle area.
—Tim Booth, ajc, 5 Nov. 2022
Photo: agencja gazeta/Reuters Some commentators compared the murder to the killing of Jo Cox, a British liberal legislator who was shot and stabbed to death by a mentally instable man inspired by far-right politics.
—Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2019
With today's instable geopolitical times, a theatrical reboot offers fresh fodder for the show to put a mirror up to society.
—Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 19 July 2017
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“Instable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/instable. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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