precarious

Example Sentences

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And I don’t think that they would be as susceptible to the crime that happened if they weren’t in particularly precarious times in their life.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Many of these workers take low paid or precarious jobs, and have little access to things like healthcare, the ILO says.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The situation is so precarious that Prime Minister Koo Yun Cheol has suggested that, for the first time in 35 years, driving restrictions may be imposed on the public to restrict energy consumption.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Ord Minnett says Lotus’s supplies of acid and sulphur look secure at present, but fuel is more precarious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Moreover, the exposition had entered that precarious early phase common to every great construction project when unexpected obstacles suddenly emerge.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson