at risk

Example Sentences

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“It seems like some of these organizations,” said Cleary, the state senator, “are at risk of becoming casinos with a secondary nonprofit aim.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Plus, the ranks of the affluent grow, a stock-market haven is at risk, and a guy running for Congress keeps showing up at quinceañeras.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The MenB vaccine is only available on the NHS in England and Wales for young children born after May 2015, as they are seen as the most at risk.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

As AI becomes integrated into offices and factories, lower-rung workers and those whose jobs involve repetitive tasks feel especially at risk, the payroll giant’s polling showed.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“She’s helped me. I know I shouldn’t have let her, but—” “But it just happened. Your brother’s life is at risk here, Laia. I understand.”

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir