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weak or having little substance
- Both are constructed out of lies, the first connected to the second by tenuous speculation-public speculation-on a banking crisis that would never be made public, unless and until a thorough and private investigation proved the facts.Chapter 18 (98% in)
- Oh, God, the balance was tenuous!Chapter 33 (49% in)
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