precariously

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At the same time, she described the labor market as “in balance, but precariously so,” reflecting a slower pace of hiring and a more fragile equilibrium.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Germans ignored it out of shame; Jews, living precariously in exile, rejected it as too assimilated and bourgeois.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Technical strategists see incongruities like this as a sign that the index’s strength has been predicated, somewhat precariously, on the success of a minority of its stocks, making it more vulnerable to adverse developments.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

Pans are precariously placed on a hob and she is stirring away.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

Quickly Roy picked out one fish and, teetering precariously, plunged both hands into the current.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen