in the lurch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for in the lurch
Adjective
  • Those who are not vaccinated are susceptible to the disease, Calendar said.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • For now, critics say the public remains uninformed—and potentially unprotected.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • However, those with pre-existing heart or lung conditions, children, older adults, and people who are pregnant are particularly vulnerable.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
  • However, despite these framework implementations, many businesses are still vulnerable to cyber threats.
    Vytautas Kaziukonis, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • More generally, some people are concerned that becoming too reliant on AI for menial and routine tasks could lead to us becoming over-reliant and helpless, perhaps even to the detriment of human problem-solving or decision-making ability.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Asking for help isn’t the same as being helpless, Pryor noted.
    Megan Sauer, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • 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, 10 Mar. 2025
  • 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
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“In the lurch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/in%20the%20lurch. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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