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
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
That they cured some one else is not proof that they will benefit you, and you run a risk by taking them as an experiment.
From What a Young Woman Ought to Know by Mary Wood-Allen
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