Example Sentences
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Some experts had voiced concerns that move risked causing irreversible damage to a work already weakened by 30 tears and nearly 10,000 holes.
From Barron's • Jul. 10, 2026
The expense would have risked putting the project over budget — but it turned out there was another option.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026
Leaving it to another day to lay out guideposts for data-related warrants risked leaving Americans’ privacy to the tender mercies of zealous law enforcement and profit-minded corporations.
From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026
At one point, one defendant accused another of betting so much that he single-handedly altered the lines, which risked drawing suspicions from authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026
The minute I became somebody, I risked no longer being welcomed as nobody.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
