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Her plan is too risky.
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In Bronstein’s riskiest formal gambit, the child’s face is carefully hidden from view, in every shot except one.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The advantages of pushing on and successfully holding such a risky high line have been made clear throughout Flick’s successful tenure as Barcelona coach.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
In off-road environments, stepping out to scout ahead can be risky.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Based on benchmark 10-year government bonds, investors now consider the EU’s second-largest economy a riskier borrower than Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain – which were all at the center of Europe’s 2011 debt crisis.
—Ana Nicolaci Da Costa, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
The advantages of pushing on and successfully holding such a risky high line have been made clear throughout Flick’s successful tenure as Barcelona coach.
—Thom Harris, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
In off-road environments, stepping out to scout ahead can be risky.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025
Based on benchmark 10-year government bonds, investors now consider the EU’s second-largest economy a riskier borrower than Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain – which were all at the center of Europe’s 2011 debt crisis.
—Ana Nicolaci Da Costa, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Risky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risky. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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