precarious
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"Children are not immune to what's going on in society, worrying about whether parents are in a steady job or not, precarious housing, family responsibility, taking younger siblings to school," said Campbell.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The new demand forecasts also mean that the global balance between supply and demand is a lot more precarious.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026
The plan appeared precarious early Thursday, amid ongoing disagreement over whether the ceasefire included Lebanon.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Just how long they’ll have to hang is still unclear, particularly because the cease-fire is already in a precarious spot.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
It is, instead: Why were such otherwise-sensible statesmen as Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton all convinced that the newly established government of the United States was so precarious and problematic?
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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