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Perilously

Perilously | Perilous

Perilously meaning

In a perilous manner.

Synonyms of Perilously

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Fans can also see a rope bridge hanging perilously over a chasm, as well as a terrifying crocodile.

He didn’t make much of it at first — “That’s SEPTA,” he says — but then he looked and saw that the guy was sitting on the yellow caution line at the edge of the platform, perilously close to the tracks themselves.

His emotional intelligence second-guesses his brother and brings childhood friend Lyndsey (Amelia Donkor) perilously close to sharing his point of view.

If both are out of the squad, it would leave Ten Hag perilously short in attack, with Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho and Facundo Pellestri the only senior stars who naturally play in the wide areas.

The dystopian action flick, which envisioned an Australia verging on lawlessness due to a worldwide oil shortage, became a box office sensation on the strength of its calamitous, perilously practical high-speed car chases and fiery crashes.

The problem is that arrangement left the bullpen perilously short, and with two starting pitchers already working as long-relief options in Kutter Crawford and Josh Winckowski, the Red Sox likely don’t have the depth needed to pull it off.

After last winter’s strong snowpack, the big reservoirs— Mead and Powell — rebounded slightly after dropping to perilously low levels.

But plenty of recent first term governments came perilously close to being defeated.

Day Zero never came but reforms needed: The headlines had stated Mexico City was perilously close to running out of water but a good fortune of timely rainfall and better water management have relieved the pressure for now.

Faced with a decision to choose between giving up his toxic bid to return to the White House and perilously placing America between a rock and a hard place, Trump seems to have chosen the latter.

For Las Palmas, a third consecutive loss leaves them perilously positioned in 12th.

I’m hit by a wall of wind as I strike out across the blasted heath, climb up the grassy slopes of the main kiln, and peer down a perilously deep shaft.

In 2023, the world came perilously close to this threshold.

The film’s loose interpretation of historical events treads perilously close to disrespect at times, if not plain foolishness.

The GOP House is growing perilously close to becoming a Democrat-controlled House with Speaker Hakeem Jeffries.

The House of Representatives has approved sending $60 billion for its defense against Russia’s invasion, an issue that has roiled Speaker Mike Johnson’s already perilously slim majority.

The Morleys were early settlers from Sussex, arriving in the Swan River Colony in 1830 with their first two children – one perilously born at sea on the journey from England.

The UNDP reported in April 2024 that 76 percent of Myanmar’s population now lives below or perilously close to a subsistence existence, underscoring the dire economic situation.

Frost is due to take up his new role in September and this cuts perilously short the time in which to seal the comprehensive and ambitious deal Johnson claims he wants before the end of the Brexit transition period.

In my home state of Wisconsin, following an ill-advised court-ordered opening on May 13, social media featured bars perilously packed with revelers.