- present participle of hazard.
Example Sentences
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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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