occupational hazard
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of occupational hazard
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Comedian Ronnie Barker stars as Norman Stanley Fletcher, "an habitual criminal who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard" serving time for an unspecified crime in the fictional HMP Slade.
From BBC • Sep. 4, 2024
Like most modern pitchers, he knows injuries are an occupational hazard of the job.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
Splashes of rain making the ink run was an occupational hazard that is retrospectively laughable.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 3, 2023
A degree of paranoia and conspiratorial thinking can be seen as an occupational hazard for lawyers.
From Slate • Jul. 30, 2023
Being continually outshone was an occupational hazard of being his friend and cannot have been any more pleasurable as a brother.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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