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precarious

[pri-kair-ee-uhs] / prɪˈkɛər i əs /


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Han: “The lecture that I gave with Gyopo, ‘Resistance in Precarious Times,’ was on protest cultures in South Korea.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

"Precarious labour, youth unemployment, broken families - these aren't just plot devices, but the very struggles we face every day."

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

Taproot Theatre opens Margaret Raether’s “Sherlock Holmes and the Precarious Position” in May, and in addition to “Something’s Afoot,” the 5th Avenue Theatre also has “Clue,” coming in July.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

Precarious accommodation, job losses, financial stress, and being away from their families, Baldassar says, have taken a toll.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2021

Precarious Tenant!—shortly thou may'st leave These, and propitious Fortune's golden hoard; Then spare not thou the stores, that shall receive, When set thy orb, a less illustrious Lord.

From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Seward, Anna




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