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hazard

[haz-erd] / ˈhæz ərd /




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They are manifestations of the same broad Himalayan hazard system.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

“No resident should need their councilmember to personally call the mayor to get a public healthy hazard addressed,” she said at the press conference.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

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

But a hard-to-access front towards the German border remains a concern -- with residents in the border town of Monschau already under evacuation orders due to the smoke hazard.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

Note that Sandman addresses the outrage but not the hazard itself.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

The high rate of failure is primarily down to drugs not working as well in large, diverse human populations as they do in smaller early tests, or because they reveal unexpected safety hazards.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Along the way, they can create hazards for ships, marine operations, and infrastructure.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

The weather service in San Francisco issued a beach hazards statement warning of 10-foot waves and strong rip currents beginning Friday morning through Monday evening.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

A 10% rise in per capita gross domestic product can reduce the number of people at high risk from climate-related hazards by almost 100 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Wealthier districts were by no means free of fire hazards.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

And though the title game against LSU still remained, it had to be hazarded that the most memorable and broadly important contest of this championship tournament had already been played.

From Washington Post Apr. 1, 2023

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

“I think,” my friend hazarded, “that she just doesn’t hesitate.”

From Slate Mar. 7, 2016

A moment later, the countdown began, and I hazarded a glance in my mom’s direction.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

By 1858, the famous Butterfield stagecoaches were ferrying the mail through the cut over the pass, hazarding a vertiginous angle comparable with San Francisco’s Lombard Street, without the switchbacks.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

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

I feared early instilled prejudice: I wanted to have you safe before hazarding confidences.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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