risky business
Example Sentences
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Somewhere along the way, I absorbed the belief that it was risky business.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
Encouraging owners of ghost ships to sell them for scrap would provide some revenue as they exit a decidedly risky business.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
In fact, it was an expensive and risky business still—as the horrific loss of the Challenger shuttle and its crew on Jan. 28, 1986, demonstrated all too vividly.
From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025
“It’s a little nuts, yeah, but we all know this is part of the deal. It’s a risky business, I guess you could say.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2023
I guess she could have “passed” in Austin, but that was a terribly risky business.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
