5
hesitates(verb, hesitates)
4
stumbles(verb, fails, stumbles)
4
totters(verb, stumbles)
3
recoils(verb, hesitates, flinches)
3
staggers(verb, stumbles)
2
blunders(noun, verb, fails)
2
boggles
2
dithers
2
falls(noun, verb, fails)
2
flinches(verb, flinches)
2
flounders(noun, verb, fails)
2
halts(noun, verb, hesitates)
2
hobbles(noun, verb, stumbles)
2
limps(verb, stumbles)
2
pauses(verb, hesitates)
2
shrinks(verb, hesitates, flinches)
2
vacillates
2
wavers
2
wobbles
1
balks(verb, hesitates)
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