perilous
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That said, relying on a future inheritance is a perilous strategy for compensation.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026
With our increasing reliance on video, as opposed to journalistic reports, of events, the ability to doctor or create scenes that didn’t happen is perilous for obvious reasons.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The World Health Organisation said that the conflict was at a "perilous stage" and called for restraint.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
"The war in the Middle East has reached a perilous stage" with the strikes on Natanz and Dimona, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X.
From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026
When Sir Francis Drake first navigated through this perilous strait in 1578, it took him sixteen days and cost him four of his ships.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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