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run a risk

Idioms  

  1. Also, run the risk. Be subjected to danger, as in Hiding anything from customs means running a risk that you'll be caught, or Without the right postage and address, this package runs the risk of being lost. [Mid-1600s]

Example Sentences

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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

Speaking to an audience of thousands at the Nov. 18 coronation ball for the new queen, she added: “All of us, we all run a risk simply for being who we are.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2024

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

He did not mean her to run a risk.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

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