vulnerable
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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
Another bear-market signal indicates “lofty” long-term growth expectations for the S&P 500, which have breached “levels consistent with equities being more vulnerable to disappointment,” the BofA Global team added.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
They were two of the smallest companies by market capitalization, thus making them vulnerable to deletion.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
"Families deserve clarity about the qualifications, training and safeguarding standards of those caring for their children, particularly during the earliest and most vulnerable stages of a child's life," Bell and Culley told the BBC.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The present seemed vulnerable to the past, as if it might be overwhelmed by it, as if I might blink, and when my eyes opened I would be fifteen.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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