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The phrase "a precarious foundation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation, idea, or structure that is unstable or insecure, often implying that it could easily fail or collapse.
Example: "The company's financial success was built on a precarious foundation, relying heavily on fluctuating market trends."
Alternatives: "an unstable base" or "a shaky groundwork."
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Building a team on the assumption you will always score more than the other side is a precarious foundation on which to mount a challenge for a 10th continental crown and first since 2002.
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"That, politically, is a precarious basis for a currency".
Any warnings of the precarious foundations of this financial house of cards went unheeded.
This means going beyond the limited supply-side agenda of 1980s market liberalism which has bequeathed precarious foundations.
After about the mid-20th century, baseball's claim to being America's game rested on more precarious foundations than in the past.
We've become so desensitised to the internet and its impact, we've failed to realise that this is a precarious and potentially dangerous foundation on which to base one's sense of self.
Such overvaluation could leave the foundation in a precarious position by creating unrealistic expectations of its financial power, and it could destabilize the market for Twombly work by sowing confusion about its true value.
It is a precarious existence.
Life is a precarious balance.
You had a precarious childhood.
They have to maintain a precarious balance.
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