delicate
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Delicate moments get stomped on by the aggressive scoring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Delicate and old art will not be put at risk by light, Govan said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025
Her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn generated songs like Delicate and Lover, which rank among her best work.
From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025
Boone Hogg, Logan Jugler and some friends were cracking jokes as they trekked toward Delicate Arch.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024
Delicate equilibrium of periodical filth between two moons balanced.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing delicate
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Bridge to Terabithia
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