precarious
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In Europe, flash estimates of purchasing managers’ surveys for May and U.K. inflation data are due, while investors will watch any further developments in U.K. politics as the prime minister’s position remains precarious.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
Oil prices were on track for another weekly gain as the global energy situation becomes more and more precarious.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Fiscal watchdogs have warned that the spending trends will leave California in a precarious position if the stock market tanks and tax receipts bottom out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026
The two countries remain under a precarious semi-permanent ceasefire, which took effect on 16 April and was extended by three weeks on Thursday last week.
From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026
She leans close to my ear and whispers, "Now that Ambrosia has put us in a precarious position, you must fix it. You have to do what you're told. You have to be perfect."
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Vocabulary lists containing precarious
Grade 11, List 3
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A Doll's House
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John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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