prone

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Public anxiety about atomic power remains substantial in a country prone to earthquakes.

From The Wall Street Journal

The four-time major singles champion has the ability to hit through opponents, though she is still prone to being erratic from the baseline.

From BBC

OpenAI noted that the woman in the case study said she was prone to “magical thinking,” and was on an antidepressant and a stimulant and had gone long stretches without sleep before her hospitalizations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Skeptics point out that the market for silver is smaller than the one for gold, making it especially prone to boom and bust cycles.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are downsides to the human form: Robots that look like us are prone to tipping over and engineers struggle to create a mechanical version of the human hand.

From The Wall Street Journal