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Meanings of tenuous grip in English

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Usage of tenuous grip in English
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Looking up at her, Jerry felt his tenuous grip on consciousness slipping.
Complete Books of Blood
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Despite her popularity, Ardern has a surprisingly tenuous grip on power.
News.com.au
3
On paper, Ms Ardern has a tenuous grip on power.
News.com.au
4
Can he maintain his increasingly tenuous grip on his ministry?
The Irish Times
5
Despite her global high profile, Ardern only has a tenuous grip on the country's parliament.
News.com.au
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This caretaker prime minister's tenuous grip on his troubled country is now weaker than ever.
The Irish Times
7
Economics:A recession in the US this year would loosen the Republic's increasingly tenuous grip on growth.
The Irish Times
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Gradually Simons becomes personally involved, to the point where she loses her tenuous grip on reality.
Wired
9
Winners of seven in a row, the Steelers can maintain their tenuous grip on the No.
Reuters
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Stu lost his tenuous grip on reality.
The stand
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Laughing now would shatter the tenuous grip she had on the gunnery sergeant, and her work wasn't done.
The truth of valor
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Could be confused with A box brownie camera, by a colour blind Colossus with a tenuous grip on reality.
The Irish Times
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So it's a pretty tenuous grip on sobriety, just fresh out of the depths of addiction and super manic.
The Guardian
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Clearly sensing an opportunity for escape, Kent struggled free of Wolfe's now tenuous grip and made a bolt for it.
The last 10 seconds
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Without substantial movement soon, the IRA ceasefire is merely a tenuous grip on the fragile and only a temporary peace.
The Irish Times
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Despite himself, he shouted in terror, sure that he would not be able to maintain his tenuous grip on the treacherous grate.
Guild wars: ghosts of ascalon
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