harm's way

NOUN

danger

Synonyms

WEAK

razor's edge thin ice

Example Sentences

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In some cases, changes in whale behaviour -- possibly attributable to climate change -- were putting them in harm's way.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The effect could be magnified in this case, given that it happened just feet from prominent reporters who were themselves in harm’s way.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2026

By then, commercial airspace was already closed, leaving tens of thousands of Americans stranded in the Middle East and U.S. diplomats at some embassies in harm’s way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

This week, far to the east of Kyiv, the trains that evacuated hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians in February and March 2022 are still taking people out of harm's way.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

The Gran had assured her Beefy would be safe, but if the cuco was tracking her...and she was home...then that meant not just Beefy but her parents too would be in harm’s way.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega