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unsafe

[uhn-sayf] / ʌnˈseɪf /


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When parents feel their child’s school is unsafe, they need to be able to find a different one where their child can learn without fear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The settlement follows a December 2024 cease-and-desist order from US regulators that hit BofA for "unsafe or unsound practices," including failure to timely file suspicious activity reports.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

After an estimated 10,000 fans packed the surrounding area, police and fire officials determined it was unsafe for the band to perform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Maresca placed the emphasis on "when" City win their appeal, as they vehemently insist the commission's ruling contained "clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and is unsafe".

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

In among them is the creek, running with clear water unsafe to drink.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

I knew I was on unsafe ground, but it proves far unsafer than I had thought.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin

In a word, tourism, especially in Charleston, erstwhile “Best City” in America, and north along the coast to Myrtle Beach — now among the unsafest places in the United States and, therefore, the world.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 10, 2020

It is generally agreed that the U. S. is one of the unsafest places in the civilized world to have a baby.

From Time Magazine Archive

The unsafest and the most unsatisfactory evidence in this world is evidence of conversation.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Robert Green Ingersoll

Few and simple as these were, they were sufficient to furnish a safe conduct of life even through the unsafest days of the most unsettled period of our nation's history.

From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

She had been gone about an hour when a small telegraph boy appeared, and, after boarding the barge in the unsafest manner possible, handed him a telegram.

From Many Cargoes by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs


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