house of cards

Example Sentences

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Both share one house of cards that works on paper.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Yasmin and Henry are perched at the very top of a house of cards, and there’s a strong wind coming just over the horizon.

From Salon • Mar. 1, 2026

Every time OpenAI wants to spend money, Windsor said, it needs to raise money — “and it only takes one investment round to go badly for the whole house of cards to fall.”

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

It’s worth a recitation of the original case’s backstory at this point, because this litigation has become a house of cards, with new, precarious levels being added all the time.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2025

On one of the desks, someone has stacked brochures for subdivisions into a singlestory house of cards.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green