risky business
Example Sentences
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But loading up on tens of billions of dollars in more debt is risky business.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
Somewhere along the way, I absorbed the belief that it was risky business.
From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2026
In fact, it was an expensive and risky business still—as the horrific loss of the Challenger shuttle and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, demonstrated all too vividly.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
“It’s a little nuts, yeah, but we all know this is part of the deal. It’s a risky business, I guess you could say.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
Any business is risky business, and none more so than small b business, the one that risks the shirt on its back.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
