fragile
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Fragile systems with fewer ecological connections may struggle to withstand additional environmental stress.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
"Fragile is the flesh of defenseless populations, tried by so many wars, ongoing or concluded, leaving behind rubble and open wounds," the pope said at the mass in St Peter's Basilica.
From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025
People with Down syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21, for example, and Fragile X syndrome results when the FMR1 gene isn’t expressed.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
"Our findings fit nicely with the molecular biology of FMRP, and also open the door to future insights into what is going wrong in Fragile X," Darnell says.
From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2024
She remembered what her mother said the day Johnny, husband #3, moved the rest of his guitar collection into the rented U-Haul and drove it away to live with a Hooters waitress named Fragile.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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