as in dangerous
involving potential loss or injury
window washing can indeed be a parlous occupation on a skyscraper
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Neither Lebanon nor, by extension, Hezbollah can afford another major war with Israel, particularly under the current parlous circumstances.
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Hussein Ibish, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
Sadly, the international community, including the United States under President Donald Trump, has largely been indifferent to the parlous state of democracy in Pakistan and failed to put pressure on the military.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2020
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his seventh state-of-the-nation address on Thursday at a parlous juncture in his tenure.
—S'thembile Cele, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2023
If nothing else, the Feb. 6 earthquake laid bare the parlous state of Syria under Assad.
—Declan Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
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Hussein Ibish, The New Republic, 24 Oct. 2023
Sadly, the international community, including the United States under President Donald Trump, has largely been indifferent to the parlous state of democracy in Pakistan and failed to put pressure on the military.
—Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2020
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver his seventh state-of-the-nation address on Thursday at a parlous juncture in his tenure.
—S'thembile Cele, Bloomberg.com, 9 Feb. 2023
If nothing else, the Feb. 6 earthquake laid bare the parlous state of Syria under Assad.
—Declan Walsh, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
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“Parlous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parlous. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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