vulnerable
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Some of Kyiv's most vulnerable citizens – the elderly and women with young children – are being offered places in converted sanatoriums and rehabilitation centres in the city's forested outskirts.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Six unsuccessful eviction attempts followed as Abascal spoke publicly of her plight and in defense of other vulnerable tenants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The most vulnerable group to increasing interest rates are those who must deal with higher borrowing costs without much ability to increase their earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
They are now looking for additional cancer-promoting proteins that could be vulnerable to the same type of molecular matchmaking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
The lights were on, and I felt weirdly exposed and vulnerable but I didn’t want to turn them off.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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