delicate
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"It's been six years of working alongside each other on a very delicate matter," the museum director said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
The electoral horse-trading comes at a delicate time for Israel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
Scientists have discovered remarkably preserved traces of dinosaur blood inside 115-million-year-old bones, revealing that delicate biological molecules can survive far longer than previously believed.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026
"Pied tamarins are exceptionally delicate animals, and breeding them successfully is a challenge."
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
“The executive authority is so wholly out of my sphere,” he observed, “and it is so delicate a thing for me to meddle in that, I avoid it as much as possible.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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