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Word: tenously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

Chris Ohiri had set another meet record in the afternoon, broad-jumping 23 ft., 5 1/2 in. These early points gave the Crimson a tenous lead going into the evening field events and the middle distance runs, but the paucity of Crimson trackmen entered in these ruined any hopes of a team title...

Author: By Philip Ardery, | Title: Runners Set 2 Records; Place 2nd in NEAAU | 2/6/1964 | See Source »

...however, Gaitskell was able to persuade the conferences that his threat to spread the quarrel between the two wings of his Party was, to say the least, inopportune. But the sudden effusion of peace rallies, "Ban the Bomb" movements and agitation for unilateral nuclear disarmament have lost Gaitskell his tenous hold on the rank-and-file of the Left...

Author: By Robert W. Gordon, | Title: Gaitskell's Dilemma | 10/14/1960 | See Source »

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