precarious

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AI seems to have found itself in a precarious paradox thus far: the more capable the tools become, the more intense the tsunami of slop.

From MarketWatch

Under the pressure of enormous change, bildung now came to mean “a precarious heritage under siege by rival nationalists.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Many of the provisions from Mr. Johnson’s original budget remain, and bond-market watchers know the city’s debt makes city finances even more precarious.

From The Wall Street Journal

We were in a precarious situation with my father.

From The Wall Street Journal

No council has ever won a referendum to raise council tax beyond 5% – although councils in precarious financial positions have been granted special permission to do so by the government, increasingly so in recent years.

From BBC