hidden danger

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They are typically only a few millimetres but some can expand up to 400 times their original size in about 36 hours when exposed to liquid, creating a hidden danger.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2024

This should change: Caffeine is a hidden danger to so many.

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2023

And that is the hidden danger lurking in the shadows.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Biologists fear the storm surge carried a hidden danger: the toxin that causes Florida’s infamous “red tide” algae blooms, and which could lead to respiratory problems and flu-like symptoms for those affected.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2018

It was an oppressive, hidden danger, for nothing could be seen from the valley of the actual flames through the thick suffocating curtain of smoke that hung over all.

From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift