fragile
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The effort to constrain the White House comes as the war has morphed from a heavy bombing campaign to a fragile ceasefire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
However, qubits, which are usually electrons or photons, work in a fragile environment, meaning there are often errors, especially when scaling up.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026
Meanwhile, oil prices broke a three-session streak of gains after Israel and Lebanon agreed to renew their fragile ceasefire, potentially addressing what had become a sticking point in U.S-Iran talks to end the war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Haruna Ndom, 18, set out two years ago on a days-long journey across the Atlantic in a fragile boat with dozens of other migrants.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Back in the darkest corner of my heart it lay, so well pressed that its fragile edges might chip, break off, even disintegrate if I tried to touch it.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing fragile
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100 SAT Words Beginning with "F"
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100 Great Words from "Fahrenheit 451" -- Part I Vocabulary
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