prone
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“The passage of seismic waves from the first earthquake could have rattled nearby faults already prone to a rupture.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026
Current quantum machines are prone to start making mistakes in the event of the slightest interference such as small vibrations or a tiny change in temperature.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026
It was hard squaring the hulking mass of midshipmen who would nearly trample me at Herndon with these two polite teenagers prone to nervous laughter.
From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026
This has helped push stocks higher, but it also leaves the market prone to sharp pullbacks, like what investors witnessed in the $1.8 trillion selloff on June 5, derivatives-market experts told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 15, 2026
Someone else was moving not far away, stooping over another prone figure on the ground.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing prone
The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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