house of cards
Example Sentences
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"This can lead to problems down the road," Fredberg said, calling out a potential house of cards.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
She texted a colleague, who replied: “This house of cards is pretty well crashed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Yasmin knows Harper’s the one who sank her and Henry into this mess — the person set to blow on Tender’s house of cards.
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
“Who knew better than I on what a precarious, tottering house of cards my whole life rested?”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
