precarious
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With valuations stretched and yields rising, bonds are now much more attractively priced than stocks, leaving the market in a precarious position, even after Friday’s fall, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
Then, he hit Zach Neto with a pitch, and after Neto stole second, the Dodgers found themselves in a precarious position with Mike Trout at the plate.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
The already precarious labor market is being eviscerated by further automation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
We know the precarious nature of public service media companies whose traditional economic model relied on funding from advertising which has fallen dramatically in recent years.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
"He's old physically, but ideologically he's a vigorous young man. He can be depended upon in the most precarious circumstance."
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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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