vulnerable

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The program, which was created by Congress in 1965, provides training for vulnerable older adults including veterans, people with disabilities, those with limited education, people with limited English skills and those at risk of homelessness.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Friday’s selloff was led by semiconductor and memory stocks, where very strong gains for the year were made vulnerable by crowded investor positioning and the dynamics of levered exchange-traded funds, says Wilson.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

"Families deserve clarity about the qualifications, training and safeguarding standards of those caring for their children, particularly during the earliest and most vulnerable stages of a child's life," Bell and Culley told the BBC.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

They were two of the smallest companies by market capitalization, thus making them vulnerable to deletion.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

To Mollie, even the King of the Osage Hills seemed vulnerable, and after pursuing justice for so long, she retreated behind the closed doors and the shuttered windows of her house.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann