It puts you in a precarious spot where you have to worry about further losses pushing you into situation where you wouldn't meet the debt covenants.

Opposition is growing. The situation is precarious.

It puts them in a very precarious position. They know when they take the pledge that it's not in the public's interest.

The situation in the occupied territories continues to be precarious,

He said 'Guys, I apologize for the situation I put you in, I put everyone in a bad spot a little bit. We didn't expect much from him, we were just happy he was back.

The mutiny is [probably] seen as evidence of the fact that it's a very precarious situation still.