harm

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Under best practices for policing, officers are never to shoot into moving vehicles except in exigent circumstances, and are trained to avoid placing themselves in harm’s way.

From Los Angeles Times

Given their small numbers, killing a pack of 10 animals would harm the population's genetic diversity, said Mathew Crowther, professor of quantitative conservation biology at the University of Sydney.

From Barron's

When Dr Nina Higson-Sweeney was a child, she was convinced that unless she only had "good" thoughts the whole way home from school, her family would be harmed.

From BBC

The committee said a mass screening programme for prostate cancer was likely to cause more harm than good.

From BBC

Jurors will be asked to weigh whether those dangers are incidental or inherent, and if social media companies can be held responsible for the harm families say flowed from their children’s feeds.

From Los Angeles Times