sensitive

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Pakistan, which has forged a close relationship with President Donald Trump and is sensitive to developments in neighbouring Iran, emerged as a channel for messaging between Tehran and Washington in recent weeks.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“I think if you’re someone who’s sensitive about it or afraid, you just wouldn’t fly right now.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Its ambassador to Pakistan also reportedly said efforts by the mediator country were reaching a “critical sensitive stage.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

Any public discussion of violence is sensitive in Mexico, where, polls show, citizens call security their most pressing concern.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

It was Maggie and Kate who first became known to the Posts and others in Rochester as mediums— sensitive people able to communicate between the living and the dead.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock