prone
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Uday says: "It's basically silently eating away at the bones, leaving them softened and prone to breaks."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
From your prone position, you use a joy stick to move forward, back or down while staring into a large screen featuring real footage of the interior of the ISS taken by astronaut Scott Kelly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The region is prone to devastating seismic activity.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Some flight attendants say they aren’t fans of the bags, which can be prone to leaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Maybe some of the vine developed fungus and died, and a gardener just filled in the bare spot. Drapeweed is prone to fungus....”
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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