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
In other words, it’s a house of cards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
Alone again, he tried to focus on his job—always wondering when his house of cards would come crashing down.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
