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Adjective
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For more than a century, the U.S. and Canada built a close, prosperous partnership—standing together in war, mutually fueling their economies through trade, and maintaining the world's longest undefended border.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
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Trump’s aggressive tariffs may undermine another of his objectives — countering the dangers posed by a (largely) undefended Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, at a time when China and Russia are taking an increasing interest in the Arctic.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For now, critics say the public remains uninformed—and potentially unprotected.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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This is a standard precaution to prevent other hackers from exploiting the flaw, while some users are still unprotected.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Those who are not vaccinated are susceptible to the disease, Calendar said.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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Bigleaf hydrangeas are susceptible to moisture loss through their large leaves and may require extra irrigation during the heat of summer.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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These rules establish that an executor who makes distributions from the estate before satisfying estate tax liability may become personally liable for the unpaid estate tax.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D.,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Spacey has denied any allegations of improper or criminal behavior and in 2022, he was found not liable for battery against actor Anthony Rapp. CNN has reached out to representatives for Spacey and Netflix for comment about the new video.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
17 Apr. 2025
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The child had found an unsecured handgun in his home and put the gun into his backpack before going to school at Lee Hill Elementary School in Spotsylvania County on Monday, the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office said in a press release.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Investigators say the child placed an unsecured handgun in his school backpack after finding the weapon at home.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sheer rock walls loom on one side, while the other, which is completely unguarded, plunges to the narrow canyon below.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Apr. 2025
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In March, a 43-year-old visitor from California drowned while snorkeling on Kauai at unguarded Larsen’s Beach.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Whitford has always been insecure about his acting — and doesn’t trust a confident actor — but he’s also always been brave.—
Trish Deitch,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Stanford University found that developers using LLMs were more likely to write insecure code while being overly confident about its security.—
Chris Wysopal,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Top stock picks With oil prices under pressure, UBS sees independent exploration and production firms and the oilfield services companies as the most exposed.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2025
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And, while the ball was mid-air, Zwolle’s attackers were to sprint to the penalty area to meet it on the way down and, ideally, stick it past an exposed goalkeeper.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Assailable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailable. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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