as in insubstantiality
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The Federal Police deployed a massive show of force — including armored vehicles and heavy weaponry — to apprehend a small group, creating a media spectacle that starkly contrasted with the flimsiness of the legal case.—
Evandro Cruz Silva,
The Dial,
10 Feb. 2026 -
The top is extra supportive thanks to an extended bottom and somehow offers cleavage without flimsiness.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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With a daintiness at odds with its 120 kilos, the bear extricates its wrist from the tie and calmly takes its leave.—
Ganesh Marín,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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These combined challenges highlight the fragility of the system that supports survivors.—
Kaelyn Lara,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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The Strait of Hormuz has now made its fragility visible to the entire world, whether or not Trump understood that ordering strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure and military targets would expose the financial architecture those bombs were implicitly defending.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Wispiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wispiness. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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