precariousness
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Ms. Griffin balances these journal entries with more downbeat ones, which conveyed the precariousness of these transformed lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
And he’d grown increasingly burdened by the precariousness of his situation, inching ever closer to a James Outman-esque trajectory of regressing from a productive rookie season to a disheartening sophomore campaign.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025
How important was it to you to emphasize the precariousness of the sport?
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2024
"The precariousness comes from the top down," she says.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2024
It was why part of her, at least, didn’t mind the life they’d always lived, their thrift-store clothes, their salvaged beds and chairs, the shifting precariousness of it all.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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