at risk

Example Sentences

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The restart follows years of safety inspections, new construction to shield the reactor from natural disasters and a yearslong effort to reassure people living nearby that they won’t be put at risk when the reactor starts up again.

From The Wall Street Journal

The town centre was recently deemed to be "at risk" by Historic England due to many of those buildings being affected by "neglect, decay or inappropriate development".

From BBC

In fact, thousands of people with legal status have been booted out of the country, and millions more are at risk of the same fate.

From Los Angeles Times

The Civil War, civil rights, the suffrage movement, LGBTQ+ rights: Each was a test not only of our empathy but our commitment to democracy, in its truest form, regardless of what we as individuals felt was at risk for ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times

The announcement helped send its share price to a record high, a reminder of how important self-driving technology is to the firm, at a time when some analysts say it is at risk of falling behind.

From BBC