safe
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“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
"Samsung has to defend the category it created, and that's why it cannot play it safe," he added.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
In October 2021, an email to staff said the trust had reached a point where services were "not safe", with concerns raised about staffing levels.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Don’t play it safe by aiming for the middle.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
‘It’s not safe here any longer,’ Papa continued.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
"We have found plenty of safes before," Mr Kane said.
From BBC ● Jun. 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
The sources said that it appeared investigators searching Combs’ L.A. home emptied safes, dismantled electronics and left papers strewn in some rooms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 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
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
She thought the water was safe, but that it could be made safer and the minister needed to tell people how that would be done.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 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
“I don’t like to leave you here,” I said to Provis, “though I cannot doubt your being safer here than near me. Good-bye!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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
At the time Binet, said: "Jersey would have one of the safest and most transparent assisted dying laws in the world."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
They couldn’t outrun what he now realized was the eruption of Mount St. Helens, but there was a way for them to be in the safest place possible.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
