dangerous
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Genetic changes occurring within individual tumors allow cancer cells to shift between these two states, potentially making the disease more dangerous as it develops.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
"The way we want to be aggressive sometimes, to have one yellow card can be dangerous but I am not worried at all."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Eisenhower and America helped rebuild the world after World War II, understanding that to survive in the nuclear age, the old, primitive ways were just too dangerous.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
An audit of almost 15,000 buildings by the National Building Inspectorate found that 4.8 percent were very dangerous, 72.3 percent were classified as unsafe, the report said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
“It’s dangerous, like playing Russian roulette with the volcano,” grumbled Skamania Sheriff Bill Closner.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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