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vulnerable

[vuhl-ner-uh-buhl] / ˈvʌl nər ə bəl /


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When actually the true version of ourselves is kind of messy, chaotic and vulnerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

However, there are ways to approach clients who are entering retirement and feeling vulnerable about their financial future without making them uncomfortable about the level of disclosure being asked of them.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Around 42 percent of households in the Asian tech powerhouse are single-person, with social isolation affecting the country's vulnerable elderly in particular.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 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

I was feeling way too vulnerable in the face of such tenderness.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant




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