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vulnerable

[vuhl-ner-uh-buhl] / ˈvʌl nər ə bəl /


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Honestly, I just tried to make something as honest and authentic and vulnerable as possible, if that doesn’t sound too eye-rolly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Natural England said the rules remain necessary to protect vulnerable habitats.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Those trades are then vulnerable to short and sharp corrections, even in the case of small positioning adjustments or narrative shifts.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The work suggests that resistant cancers may be made vulnerable once again, not by changing their genes, but by dismantling the repair systems that help them survive.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

If it turned out the person they’d chosen wasn’t a good communicator or was uncomfortable with being vulnerable, they seemed to think time or marriage vows would fix the problem.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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