safe
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The vast majority of fresh fruits and vegetables are safe to eat, food-safety experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“We will vigorously prosecute gang violence to keep our community safe and to provide justice for the victims.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"There's just not enough clinical data to say whether these peptides are safe and effective," said Alexander Weber, an orthopedic surgeon and chief of sports medicine at the University of Southern California.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Don’t play it safe by aiming for the middle.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
“You have no idea how much it meant to see Harry,” I said when I was safe inside.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
“Twice I found safes outside, just on the side of the curb.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026
While spy agencies have long relied on local agents for tasks that insiders can accomplish best—like unlocking doors, cracking safes and planting bugs—the new agents would do more than assist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
We crouch down on the floor in front of a row of safes.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
For weeks, they’ve been scouring their homes and cracking open their safes to retrieve vintage necklaces, family heirlooms and other expensive pieces containing the precious metal that can be melted for cash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
Ellsberg entered his tiny workspace—“a cubbyhole,” he called it—barely big enough for a desk and chair, a bookcase, and two safes for classified files.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
ALTER: The ideal is a lower toilet, which better suits our anatomy, with grab bars that make it safer to get on and off.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
For Renu Devi, a 38-year-old helper from Uttar Pradesh, the traditional system feels safer.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
“You don’t know the generation of the person interviewing you, so the safer bet is to err on the side of being more professional versus less professional,” Slabinski said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Councillor Richard Church, Powys council's cabinet member for a safer Powys, said it was a "deeply sad incident".
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
In a situation where every moment counted, they could not take the time to leave the control room and eat in a safer environment.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
That’s why scientists in Arizona are strapping volunteers into harnesses and lowering them onto wet floors: to find what kinds of surfaces are safest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Researchers would also need to determine the safest and most effective timing for each switch.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
Southwest Nigeria -- home to economic capital Lagos -- has long been considered one of the safest regions in a country struggling with multiple security crises.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
In Los Angeles alone, preliminary data show that crime rates dropped to a historic low last year not seen since the 1960s, and that L.A. is the safest it has been in generations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026
We both grew up thinking Scooter’s bed was the safest place in the world, like a boat in a sea full of crocs.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
