hazard
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You don’t have to stick to Apple-branded cables and bricks, but you should know how to distinguish a good deal from a potential hazard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
None of the economists and labor-market experts interviewed by MarketWatch would hazard a guess.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 11, 2026
Plus, the company argued, there wasn’t enough evidence that detainees were exposed to any hazard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Rather than risk it, he stopped, put on his hazard lights and spent nearly an hour reversing half a mile before finding another route.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The passage of a few years and the development of even more poisonous insecticides served to increase the hazard from treated seed.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The swings reflect the hazards of investing in tech, some analysts warn.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
China launched a campaign against fire hazards in high-rise buildings in November, after a huge blaze engulfed several tower blocks in Hong Kong, killing 168 people.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
In the second season, the staff has to deal with the hazards of a July 4 holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
She noted that in addition to oil drilling, L.A. residents continue to face other environmental hazards, such as the recent oil pipeline rupture that sent crude into the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Erin pulled over and put on her hazards.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
I hazarded a number of guesses as to where the movement, and more importantly the reaction to it, was headed.
From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2022
Edward Holmes does not like making predictions, but last year he hazarded a few.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 19, 2021
He hazarded that the onscreen manhunt was between seventy and eighty per cent as intense as the real thing.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 15, 2017
McKinsey hazarded a guess: anywhere between $75 billion and $100 billion a year, or between 15 and 20 percent of the Pentagon’s annual expenses.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2016
Then I tossed a strand over my shoulder and hazarded a look at his table.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
Borinsky invites guesses; the problem is that we might not care enough for any of the people or ideas onstage to bother hazarding them.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
In August, Seaman Apprentice Ryan Mays was charged with aggravated arson and the willful hazarding of a vessel.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021
The Navy confirmed that Mays was the sailor charged Thursday with aggravated arson and the willful hazarding of a vessel.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 4, 2021
Benson pleaded not guilty in July to charges of negligence and hazarding a vessel, tied to the 2017 collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine-flagged shipping vessel near the Japanese coast.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2019
I feared early instilled prejudice: I wanted to have you safe before hazarding confidences.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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