Example Sentences

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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go,” Eliot wrote in 1931.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

If it falls on the individual officers as well, they will risk criminal liability and sanction if they sit on their hands whilst the corporate body lies to inquiries and courts.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

If the university of the fourth-largest economy on the planet signals that it can’t stand up to this, what university will risk it?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2025

Meanwhile, less developed countries that lack the necessary technology and training programs will risk falling further behind.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2025

But for my part I will risk no hurt to this thing: of all the works of Sauron the only fair.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien