risky business
Example Sentences
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Such hunting was an extremely risky business: The pelvic wound suggests that the hunter may have been directly beneath his prey, thrusting upward.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Somewhere along the way, I absorbed the belief that it was risky business.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
The retailer’s executive chairman, Marcus Lemonis, said in August that the state is over-regulated, expensive and creates a risky business environment.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
In fact, it was an expensive and risky business still—as the horrific loss of the Challenger shuttle and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, demonstrated all too vividly.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
I guess she could have “passed” in Austin, but that was a terribly risky business.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
