playing with fire
Example Sentences
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Colossal’s approach to communicating its work with what I termed last year “unsparing razzmatazz” is playing with fire.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It’s playing with fire, and the common people will not be unscathed.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
Otherwise, he said “we’d be playing with fire if we didn’t comply. We’d feel pretty bad if a boy keeled over. I can hear them coughing and hacking.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
“By waiting, we are playing with fire, and the risk is that in a year’s time the RBA will need to hike even harder.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026
“You wear long sleeves,'' Fenoglio continued very slowly, as if giving Basta time to take in every single word, “because your master likes playing with fire.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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