out of the woods

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Felix Bohnsack, the technical head of the mission, praised everyone involved, from Backhaus's environment ministry to the German life guards' association DLRG, although he warned they were not yet "out of the woods".

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

The U.S. industry’s average is 76 days, so Stellantis isn’t out of the woods.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Intel stands to benefit from a CPU boom and a growing array of partnerships, but an analyst notes it’s “not out of the woods yet.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

However, the vultures aren’t yet out of the woods.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

I spent the rest of the afternoon hunting alone, walking the ridge, searching the shadows for signs of pig, looking and listening as hard as I could to will another animal out of the woods.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan