precarious

Example Sentences

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And I don’t think that they would be as susceptible to the crime that happened if they weren’t in particularly precarious times in their life.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Many of these workers take low paid or precarious jobs, and have little access to things like healthcare, the ILO says.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

For instance, the professional landscape for a freelance writer feels more precarious in the age of AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The sun is dying, and within 30 years, Earth’s temperature will cool to the point of global disaster, affecting crops, food sources, weather and humanity’s already precarious good nature.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

Tata Bidibidi, with his kind, pretty wife and their precarious boat dispensing milk powder and quinine and love to children along the river.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver