precarious
Example Sentences
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"This would mean whole communities in London, where a lot of people are precarious workers, would really suffer. People would be fighting for their lives against these pointless robots."
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
The defensive play helped buoy an otherwise precarious start by pitcher Eric Lauer.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026
LNG exporters are in a more precarious, though uneven, position.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
The woman said the price of essentials has surged, with sudden and unpredictable increases making daily life increasingly precarious.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
In the fireworks’ diminishing glow, the tenement houses across the street seemed precarious, as though they would collapse into ruin and rubble at any moment.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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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