susceptible

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Children’s lungs are still developing, and lung function continues to mature throughout adolescence, making children more susceptible than adults to the adverse effects of air pollution.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

These suits claim that developers created, or refused to provide, certain features that made them especially susceptible to harm and misuse.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

As the most open of the global economies, Lagarde points out that Europe is, therefore, susceptible to spikes in energy prices, like that of 2022 and this most recent crisis with Iran.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

EPG isn’t susceptible to bodies’ fat-digesting enzymes, said Debbie Fetter, an associate professor of teaching in the nutrition department at the University of California, Davis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

These crabs are so highly susceptible to insecticides that every spraying of creeks, ditches, and ponds in tidal marshes kills most of the crabs living there.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson