frailty
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Oliver wrote powerful poems about human frailty but spent her days in the woods writing about nature, which she loved as much as she did language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The court also acquitted them of abusing Graven's psychological frailty, as he had told police prior to his death that he had consented to the stunts, Hamadi's lawyer told Reuters.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Another, of a 63-year-old man who collapsed in November 2025, showed that he died from untreated sepsis, which the report said likely developed following poorly controlled diabetes, malnutrition and overall frailty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
For Americans with sarcopenic obesity, which is characterized by extra weight and reduced muscle mass in people mostly older than 65, frailty is a major concern.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Just as our bread, mixed and baked, packaged and sold without benefit of accident or human frailty, is uniformly good and uniformly tasteless, so will our speech become one speech.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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“He wants to be the hero of any circumstance, but unfortunately he has these frailties that I know too well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Even Iran’s “moderate” diplomats don’t suffer these frailties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Having explored reasons why England's on-the-ball tactics contributed to defensive frailties, it makes sense to look at how they set up off the ball.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
It is time to face the fact that Gregg failed to put the death penalty on a sound footing and that nothing can improve on Gregg’s frailties.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2026
They understand its difficulties and frailties, its glories and pleasures.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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