vulnerable

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Around 42 percent of households in the Asian tech powerhouse are single-person, with social isolation affecting the country's vulnerable elderly in particular.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

The work suggests that resistant cancers may be made vulnerable once again, not by changing their genes, but by dismantling the repair systems that help them survive.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Some investors are looking abroad, where stocks have been cheaper and seemingly less vulnerable to fractures in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The program, which was created by Congress in 1965, provides training for vulnerable older adults including veterans, people with disabilities, those with limited education, people with limited English skills and those at risk of homelessness.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

But because all this is happening in such a thin layer, it also leaves the tree terribly vulnerable to invasive organisms.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson