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unsafe

[uhn-sayf] / ʌnˈseɪf /


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On Monday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the tanker hit naval mines and caught fire while passing through what they described as a restricted and unsafe route.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

That would give the government authority to block an unsafe model release and create a framework for labs to test for catastrophic cyber, biological and nuclear capability, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Further, the former employee says that she was “required to work excessive and unsafe hours” and told not to report overtime.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

"Everyone has the right to enjoy a night out and to work in our sector without feeling unsafe, intimidated, or harassed."

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Even though the woman was not following him, Seth felt unsafe.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

I knew I was on unsafe ground, but it proves far unsafer than I had thought.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Sir Francis Darwin

In a word, tourism, especially in Charleston, erstwhile “Best City” in America, and north along the coast to Myrtle Beach — now among the unsafest places in the United States and, therefore, the world.

From Washington Post Jul. 10, 2020

It is generally agreed that the U. S. is one of the unsafest places in the civilized world to have a baby.

From Time Magazine Archive

He hired out quite the dirtiest and unsafest bicycles in the whole south of England, and conducted the subsequent discussions with astonishing verve.

From The War in the Air by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The unsafest and the most unsatisfactory evidence in this world is evidence of conversation.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Legal by Robert Green Ingersoll

Few and simple as these were, they were sufficient to furnish a safe conduct of life even through the unsafest days of the most unsettled period of our nation's history.

From Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe




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