frail
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In the interview, Guthrie said her family assumed her mother may have experienced a medical emergency because she was frail.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
January’s reading reflects a frail labor market after unemployment picked up steadily over 2025, driven higher by an increase in a tax on employers and the rise in U.S. duties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
Too fast, and patients may lose fat from the face, neck, arms and thighs, leaving them looking frail.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Most evidence for the health benefits of diets that exclude meat comes from studies of younger adults rather than frail older populations.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
It was wearing a shredded rubakha, dingy and rusty and matted to the thing’s body with some kind of metallic bands like frail armor.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
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