Like a cartoon character who notices that he's no longer standing on solid ground and suddenly begins to fall, I reached over to save, but was too late.

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Even if he's not rebuilding his physical house anywhere near the water, Rayburn's financial house is newly constructed on solid ground.

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Russia's oil industry is still not on very solid ground.

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But even if he wins a six-year term as president, Maduro would not be on solid ground, given the country's profound economic and security problems, Shifter said.

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Let's move on, Berkowitz said, sensing he might not be on solid ground.

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The station, established in 1955, is built on volcanic rock on Ross Island, the solid ground farthest south that is accessible by ship, according to the NSF, an independent U.S. government agency.

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