precarious
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Bader, who is in the first year of of a two-year, $20.5 million contract, finds himself in a far more precarious position than Kent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
She said the institutions were always in a precarious position adding "it's a possibility" that the institutions could collapse because either big party can walk away.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The problem is that any increases could arrive at a precarious time for the market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 26, 2026
However, “situation in the Strait of Hormuz remained precarious, as navigation continues to be severely restricted, keeping the physical market tight,” the head of Customer Relationship Management adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
I had backed into one of the carts, lost my always precarious balance, and had fallen down.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
Vocabulary lists containing precarious
Grade 11, List 3
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A Doll's House
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John F. Kennedy's Address to the American People on the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
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