prone

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After lots of prompting, I found that the bots are expert explainers, though occasionally prone to overstatement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Wigler noted that the promise of hitting goals fast with AI tempts tech start-up teams already prone to long workdays to lose track of time and stay on the job even deeper into the night.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

“This market requires investors to stay hedged and nimble as new information hits the tape, but we caution against flipping short as current positioning is prone to squeeze risk amid potential resolution headlines,” they said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

This approach can be slow, expensive, and prone to missing rare but important molecules hidden among more abundant ones.

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026

Their delicate winged bodies, prone and limp, were snarled in the girls’ hair, attached to their clothes, even stuck to their bare arms and legs, like dried pressed flowers.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall