frail
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This treatment clears space in the bone marrow for the incoming cells, but it can be extremely taxing, particularly for older or medically frail patients.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
During Weinstein’s trial last year, prosecutor Nicole Blumberg told the jury that, in contrast to the producer’s frail appearance in court, he once exercised enormous control over the entertainment industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
There are exemptions for being a parent to young children, serving as a caregiver or being medically frail.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
For 32 years, the women's 800m was absent from the Olympics, with its competitors deemed too frail.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In the last days of Bobby’s life he was becoming more frail and could hardly speak, nor could he keep down any food.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
That might include frailer people and those with sight loss, limited hand movement and learning disabilities.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
That made it possible for older, frailer patients to survive with “mini-transplants.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
This previously manifested through mostly vibes-based measures: Does his voice sound a little frailer?
From Slate ● Jul. 18, 2025
All three can also be self-reinforcing over time: people who are lonely and socially isolated may become frailer, and as they become frailer, their sense of isolation and loneliness grows.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
She was smaller and frailer than her sister, but her hair was long and still golden.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
These are the sickest and frailest patients - the ones who cannot be sent home immediately after treatment.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022
Unable to speak, Qawasmi, 24, is the frailest of the six.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2021
At Life Care, where elderly and sick people come to heal from broken hips and strokes, or simply to live out their frailest years, the death toll has continued to climb.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2020
The decision says volumes about how we have come to regard the tiniest, frailest of patients.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2012
He was kneeling by the Zanies, the frailest ones, the fuse-points; both of them lay huddled up on the floor.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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