risky venture

Example Sentences

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In late 2016, as Benghazi was in the process of being liberated from al-Qaida and ISIS, I returned to the city — another risky venture — to dig deeper.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2022

Besides, offsetting emissions the old-school way, pre-crypto, was already a risky venture because a lot of carbon credits on the market are junk: they don’t represent real reductions in emissions.

From The Verge • Aug. 18, 2022

However, he said it was still a risky venture "but Mike's a maverick, he wouldn't be put off by that and it's an extraordinary achievement".

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2022

And all of this converges as the Olympic torch relay starts next week from northeastern Japan, a risky venture with 10,000 runners set to crisscross Japan for four months.

From Fox News • Mar. 18, 2021

Settlers are taken ashore and farewelled and farewelled and farewelled till unable to find their way down to the rowboats, and then they are easily frightened into abandoning the risky venture altogether.

From Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)