risk
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For Dr Chris Tennyson, a delay in getting information about his birth father's health could have put his life at risk.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
“I’m willing to take on risk because I know it can pay off.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
“At a time of unprecedented oil supply disruption for geopolitical reasons, Hurricane Isaias offers a reminder that weather risk hasn’t disappeared,” said Pavel Molchanov, investment-strategy analyst at Raymond James.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026
Pinto will now be given 10 days to assess a risk assessment conducted by the special security programmes commission that indicates a low threat to his safety.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Should I go back down to the theater and risk missing her or stay where I was and hope I saw Booth before she did?
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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Germany has urged pilots to weigh the risks of flying, particularly south of Jeddah closer to the border with Yemen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
"The policy risks backfiring because it would result in stockpiling of diesel, and as that storage runs out, refineries would need to cut back on production," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The AQI converts measurements of pollutants into a single figure indicating air quality and potential health risks.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
His experience disabused him of doomerism, convincing him that AI risks could be contained with better security, which could prevent AI-enabled cyberattacks and misaligned agents from going wild.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
He sagged, considering the risks of trying to retrieve it from Fernlight tomorrow.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The expert warned that the country of around 50 million people risked becoming "a society of inheritors" in which home ownership depends on parents passing property to their children.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
The captain faced attack from the U.S. but, lacking permission from Tehran to return to an Iranian port, he also risked being hit by Iranian forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Russell named multiple constitutional limitations, but Shanmugam still claimed on rebuttal that there was “no limit,” and that they risked lawsuits from at least “90,000 municipalities.”
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
A man who risked his own life to rescue a stranger from drowning 30 years ago is trying to track him down.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
How do I tell them I risked their lives to kiss my boyfriend?
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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You’re right that standing up all day is tough, even if you’re not lugging boxes to and from the warehouse or climbing ladders and risking your health to help a customer or to restock shelves.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
“He thinks L.A. should be better run and should be more multimodal ... that you should be able to ride your bike or take a walk without risking your life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Is it worth risking your life for these ops?" asks the Sunday People, leading on a campaign from a grieving father whose daughter died in Turkey after complications from surgery.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“We are risking losing many more people to Ebola.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“You see? Imagine a man his age risking what little life he has left for something so absurd as a country.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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