risk-taking
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Despite rapidly rising through the ranks of London finance, Anderson said he became disillusioned by "greed, reckless risk-taking and rule breaking in the industry".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Still, SpaceX continues to dominate the global space launch market, thanks to its partially reusable Falcon rockets, and has made risk-taking its mantra.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
That doesn’t mean young investors are avoiding risk-taking.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Sulloway’s research on birth order and risk-taking reveals that later-borns are more psychologically wired to take strategic risks to carve out their own niche and stand out in the family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
McCandless, in his fashion, merely took risk-taking to its logical extreme.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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