Sentences with phrase «put in the precarious position»

People working through these platforms are often put in a precarious position, with no health insurance or social benefits, and are often at the mercy of the platforms who dictate the rules of their work and take a large cut of their income.

This theory of Aristotle's puts him in the precarious position that Bertrand Russell found himself in centuries later, namely, being theoretically committed to the existence of «unreal objects» or «pseudo-objects.»

It would be a damn shame if their defense balls out, but the offense keeps putting them in precarious positions.

With the other top Gunner Mesut Ozil also in talks over a new contract you would expect the German international and his people to be looking at a similar sort of deal to keep them happy as well, but revelations last week showed that such a huge pay rise for two of the players already on more money than their club colleagues would have put us in a precarious position.

Arsenal have put themselves in a precarious position after losing three out of their first five Champions League games, but Arsene Wenger believes that the Gunners have been unlucky with referees, sendings off and own goals which has left them in this situation.

«Seniors are put in a precarious position with limited incomes so they'll have the chance with this site to be able to reside here and receive social services through our senior center,» said Robert Cordero with Grand Street Settlement.

«Senate Democrats are the ones who are putting us in this precarious position.

Both Hochul and Slaughter saw significant changes to their districts that have put them in a precarious position as they seek re-election this fall.

When his mother (Jessica Lange) eventually caves in and gives him the $ 260,000 to clear his debt, vowing that it'll be the last time she bails him out, Jim blows it at the casino instead, putting him in a precarious position when Neville threatens the lives of his two students.

Limit your exposure to debt, and don't use a current position of strength to justify putting yourself in a precarious position.

However, there's no MP in this game; all spells are cast from HP, so you have to keep a careful eye on your stats and make sure you don't put yourself in a precarious position.

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This puts the housing market in a precarious position: a large gap between prices and incomes, worsening affordability, and an indebted nation of homeowners less able to withstand economic shocks.

While retailers struggle with questions of prices, Schoenhaldt says there will always be someone who wants to buy better - tasting coffee, despite that rising costs put the specialty coffee in a precarious position.

«The way black women, in particular, have been constructed due to racist ideas, puts them in a very precarious position in the work environment, particularly as they try to ascend the ladder,» he told Fortune.

That puts the country in a particularly precarious position if and when the crypto boom comes crashing down.

The broad - based decline of November 2 put the overall stock market in a rather precarious position.

To say that its position in that world is precarious is to put the matter mildly.

All he wants to do is put the club in a precarious position when he is leaving and makes the job very difficult for whoever the manager is that will replace him.

This string of phenomenal performances has turned every Arrieta start into must - watch baseball and has put oddsmakers in a very precarious position.

Two draws against West Ham and Crystal Palace has put Arsenal in a precarious position in the League.

Johnson ran out of gas on the final lap of the postseason opener at Chicagoland Speedway (he finished 10th); he wrecked hard at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Oct. 15 after putting his number 48 Chevy in a precarious position (he wound up 34th); and he waited too long at Talladega Superspeedway to make his typical late - race charge from the back of the pack (he came in 26th).

With its amazingly weak performance in attracting EU funds, along with backdrop of Britain's outflow (a net donor) from the EU, Romania could be put in a precarious negotiating position, if Brussels does not help it through various exceptional measures to improve absorption rate.

«As counsel, we all are expected to assist the court and not to put the court in a precarious position.

That puts Republican Senate candidates in a precarious position as they try to hold Trump's base without losing general election voters.

Climate change is compounding the reef's woes as warming waters put corals in a precarious position to survive.

That puts Lionsgate in somewhat of a precarious position, as the studio wants production on the sequel to get underway by this upcoming September — meaning that the search for a replacement helmer will have to be a relatively quick one.

Why were parents and teachers not told the truth about the school's significant level of debt, putting it in a precarious operating position?

But the tax caps put IPS in a precarious position because the district has low property wealth to begin with and property tax caps have siphoned off money from its transportation funds.

Given the precarious political position of choice programs, highlighting a measure that severely under - states performance puts those programs in jeopardy.

The lack of wealth puts the black middle class as whole in a precarious position where a job loss, natural disaster, or medical emergency can make a family downwardly mobile, and thus, many black middle class families put a large emphasis on ensuring the future success of their children.

This puts authors in a precarious position of their hardcover edition reaping the majority of the royalties, but when it switches to paperback, they are seeing diminished sales.

At the same time, this also effectively put all secondary competitors which make and distribute e-reader devices for the North American and European markets out of business or in an immediately precarious position, who presumably do not have the ability to absorb such huge price cuts due to differences in volume manufacturing costs.

I'm looking forward to learning from you all what absolutely should've been taught in middle school, let alone my elite private high school or the college (s) that put me in such a precarious position!

Another reason they might not like being hunched over a bowl is the precarious position it puts them in.

She explains that while you can technically get on a plane without a policy, you'll be putting yourself in a pretty precarious position.

Her various parts - from head to feet and everything in between - get scattered across the galaxy in precarious positions, and you've got to go retrieve them in order to put her back together again.

This would put over all 10 billion of us living on this planet by then in a precarious position.

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously decided that the interpretation suggested by the school board would put precarious workers in the untenable position of having to choose between getting as well as keeping the job, and protecting their health and safety.

This can be dangerous: not only are you exposed to high interest rates but overdrafts are repayable on demand, or at best on 30 days» notice, putting the firm in a very precarious position.

This puts the exchange in a precarious position in regards to its tentative launch on August 31.

The only issue with this distinction is that it puts mothers in a precarious position: they are seen as the ones to nurture the family and care for the children, but who will be there to care for them when they are not able to perform those duties?

The Community Solidarity Action Group hopes that this opportunity will lead to broader awareness on the precarious position Government policies are putting Aboriginal peoples in and make progress towards a united position on where those policies need to be changed.

Thanks to the second income contributed by a working spouse, households are buying larger, more expensive homes, putting themselves in a precarious financial position should one of the earners become unemployed, according to «The Two - Income Trap: Why Middle Class Fathers and Mothers are Going Broke» (Basic Books), by Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren.