prone to
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Ireland was mistaken, he warned, in relying on a crop prone to failure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
That stretch is prone to flooding during high tides and storm surges.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
But weak previous auctions of long-end bonds have been prone to sparking fresh rounds of selling in global sovereign-debt markets, he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some people are also just more prone to motion sickness, and genetics have the biggest influence on this, Hac says.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The typical parenting expert, like experts in other fields, is prone to sound exceedingly sure of himself.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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