fragile
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One consisted of fragile, dusty material, while the other was made of sturdier clumps that formed very early in hotter regions before spreading throughout the disk.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
“The outbreak is spreading rapidly in areas where health systems are already fragile and where population movement across borders is frequent,” Ariel Kestens, the federation’s head of delegation in Congo, said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
The economy itself, what’s more, could be more fragile than it seems, some Fed officials and economists say.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
Kennett says the device works without electrical power and is engineered so vibrations are isolated so as not to interfere with fragile experiments or the structural integrity of a vessel in space.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The list of “defective” geniuses went on and on: Newton was a sickly, fragile child; John Calvin was severely asthmatic; Darwin suffered crippling bouts of diarrhea and near-catatonic depression.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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