"I don't know if it was the Olympics or what, but the media didn't pick it up".There are other tenuous signs of growing acceptance.
And investors are concerned that tenuous signs of inflation could mean central banks around the world will start to remove their support even faster.
The few tenuous signs of peace during my first experience were now rooted in genuine hope.
There are tenuous signs of an economic recovery, and a modest upswing in the number of Americans who approve of his handling of the economy.
Several tenuous ceasefires signed between Kiev, Moscow, and the pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine have not abated the rising death toll in regions such as Donetsk and Luhansk, which held their own leadership elections — deemed by Kiev as "illegal" — in November.
I can't tell whether this is shamelessly tenuous or a sign that David Attenborough is tuning into a cosmic oneness, but either way I'm down.
Many ethnic groups have signed tenuous cease-fire agreements in recent months.
SANA, Yemen — A tenuous truce showed signs of falling apart on Thursday here in Yemen's capital, as clashes intensified between government forces and troops loyal to a military commander who defected months ago to protect antigovernment protesters.
A tenuous peace deal signed in June saw 13 out of 14 armed groups operating in the country agree with the government to end fighting in exchange for political representation and the integration of armed militias into the military.
In late February, close to a hundred fighting groups signed a tenuous accord for the cessation of hostilities — perhaps the first time that quite so many Syrian rebels have agreed to anything besides the vague objective of killing their President.
