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vulnerable

[vuhl-ner-uh-buhl] / ˈvʌl nər ə bəl /


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He said the pressure of London's rental market had left them feeling vulnerable.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

They were two of the smallest companies by market capitalization, thus making them vulnerable to deletion.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Friday’s selloff was led by semiconductor and memory stocks, where very strong gains for the year were made vulnerable by crowded investor positioning and the dynamics of levered exchange-traded funds, says Wilson.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

He also said he was not a "direct risk" to any vulnerable woman.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Turkey’s Armenian population, a vulnerable minority in the Ottoman Empire, suffered grievously during the war.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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