hazardous
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More than 40% of roadless areas have high or very high wildfire hazard potential, but only 5% have received hazardous fuels reduction treatments since 2014, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Italy's civil protection agency warns that a combination of volcanic activity and sudden weather changes higher up the mountain can make conditions hazardous.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The EPA has warned that hackers who penetrate a water system could also alter treatment chemicals to hazardous levels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Beyond their carbon footprints, they emit fine particulate matter, linked to a range of heart and lung problems; nitrogen oxides, which aggravate respiratory disease; and hazardous air pollutants including mercury, formaldehyde and benzene.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
And although it is hazardous to assume any of this had formative effects on his character, it is equally an exaggeration to say that Eratosthenes grew up breathing an atmosphere of pure royalist docility.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
Vocabulary lists containing hazardous
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