perilous
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This blurring of what are diametrically opposite functions is epistemologically perilous and morally repugnant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa make the perilous journey each year hoping to reach Gulf countries for safety and work, according to the UN agency.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
What follows is a modern picaresque journey, in which a clever underdog has to rely on her wit and wiles to survive a corrupt and perilous world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
But the roots jutting out of the ground form a perilous web, and I trip again, catching myself on my hands.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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