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safe

[seyf] / seɪf /




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In a July 8 statement, the State Department said it is planning reconstruction efforts with Venezuelan officials that “must be swift, safe and risk-informed to support long-term recovery.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

“Likho is very protective, and we do feel really safe when he’s around.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

Few are safe from the costs of poor choices, either, although those we can control.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

Neil Gray also praised police, land managers and volunteers for "an outstanding job keeping people, property and the natural environment as safe as possible".

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

“I will keep Patch for you. He will be safe with me.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Argentina has a history of debasing its currency, which is why its people keep billions of dollars in coffee cans, home safes and mattresses.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 12, 2025

In the master bedroom, there are two golden safes, with space for dozens of watches - in a drawer there is a forgotten warranty card for luxury brand Audemars Piguet.

From BBC Dec. 21, 2024

Givens said he also discovered some jewelry missing from two safes that had been opened during the search.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2024

Back in March, investigators searching Combs’ Holmby Hills home emptied safes, dismantled electronics and left papers strewn in some rooms, sources told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times May 18, 2024

Grandpa loved the dustiest stores best because they were the ones that would have uncracked rolls of coins in the backs of their safes.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

The UN has called for safer routes to be established for the Rohingyas to leave.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

And with “In the Mouth of Madness,” he once again evaluates the price of making great art, but this time from a safer distance.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation wants to make the corridor safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

It would also make the justices safer in the long run from a public increasingly dissatisfied with their arbitrary secrecy.

From Slate Jul. 15, 2026

“It is much safer at Point Comfort,” I tell her.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

It is considered the safest option for treating pain and fever in pregnant women, as other medications, including aspirin or ibuprofen, present proven risks to the fetus -- as do untreated fevers.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

Apart from the dangerously low overnight temperatures, faraway Omsk seemed like the safest place on earth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

However, as conditions worsened and warnings escalated, he and governors acted "with caution" and decided closure was the safest option.

From BBC Jul. 3, 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

‘And my will and all the other documents too. You had better take it and deliver it for me. That will be safest.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien




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