run a risk
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Ms Dickinson said shop staff are often advised not to intervene because they run a risk of being attacked.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
In the torrent of social media misinformation generated by an event and its immediate aftermath, prediction markets driven in part by social media run a risk of their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2025
I think we run a risk of conflating all gun owners with mass shooters.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2019
People who fail to find work early in their lives run a risk of being unemployed and underemployed into early adulthood and beyond, according to researchers.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2017
In fact, they preferred to trust to the element of chance rather than run a risk of arousing the suspicion of the cold-faced girl with the perfume.
From Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation by Francis, Stella M.
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