hazardous
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The FAA can also step in to order maintenance or to ground planes if regulators find a hazardous condition isn’t being addressed.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
The spacecraft is specifically designed to detect dark, potentially hazardous asteroids that travel close to the Sun.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
The environmental organizations say the new final regulations open the door to what is known as “chemical recycling,” which produces large amounts of hazardous waste.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
"It's really hazardous to have loose items like rolled-up towels. Babies can easily grab them and cover themselves with them... which is an overheating and breathing hazard," said Ball.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
It was bad form to cut loose in the middle, and then also perhaps hazardous; Jack had once told me no one had ever done that before to Dennis Hoagland.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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