unsafe
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“University officials have reached out to Pat to express appreciation and regret. We sincerely apologize for creating any perception that Pat was unsafe or unwelcome on our campus. Nothing could be further from the truth”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Many federal agencies also have civil enforcement powers to address unsafe, unfair, or deceptive business practices.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
An audit of almost 15,000 buildings by the National Building Inspectorate found that 4.8 percent were very dangerous, 72.3 percent were classified as unsafe, the report said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
Just 6.7% of children in Bedford felt unsafe in their local area, compared to 24.9% of children in Croydon.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
“I think it would be unsafe to rush too soon into any activity where razors are involved.”
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
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
She had been gone about an hour when a small telegraph boy appeared, and, after boarding the barge in the unsafest manner possible, handed him a telegram.
From Many Cargoes by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
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
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
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