fragile
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Even very small disturbances can disrupt the fragile quantum information stored in a qubit.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
A BBC team visited the coalition base in Irbil in April this year, during a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Livia may have been the awkward “country mouse” of her class, but she was a prodigy, and her fragile self-esteem relied on the superiority of her playing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The Academy Museum wanted the original mummified Mrs. Bates head from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” but there was one problem: She was too fragile to travel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The dishes seemed impossibly fragile, the china thinner than a cracker and painted with brightly colored elephants.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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