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Her plan is too risky.
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Commenting on or taking concrete action based solely on employee sentiments can be risky and bring about unintended consequences.
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Sander Van 't Noordende, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The businesses were risky because the products were based on pioneering technologies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2024
Solar eclipse in Indianapolis:Watch TV reporter take a dive during risky live shot for eclipse story
Solar eclipse 2024 path of totality
Indianapolis is among several major cities in the direct line of darkness, including Dallas, Cleveland and Buffalo, N.Y.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
Wisely, Porsche management decided that sharing the same body with VW would be risky in the U.S. market.
—David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
About 50 patients with risky variants were detected in the first 10 months, Jacobson said.
—Arthur Allen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Chisholm’s risky, optimistic decision to run for president in 1972 unleashes the harsh games-playing of big-time politics as never before, testing her mettle and exposing the field’s treachery.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Mar. 2024
The riskiest hour of the entire study period was between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on the evening of the eclipse, reports the National Post’s Sharon Kirkey.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Then China unilaterally altered a commercial air flight route over the Taiwan Strait, a step that officials in Taipei said could make flying in the area more risky.
—Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Sander Van 't Noordende, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
The businesses were risky because the products were based on pioneering technologies.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2024
Solar eclipse in Indianapolis:Watch TV reporter take a dive during risky live shot for eclipse story
Solar eclipse 2024 path of totality
Indianapolis is among several major cities in the direct line of darkness, including Dallas, Cleveland and Buffalo, N.Y.
—Chris Sims, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2024
Wisely, Porsche management decided that sharing the same body with VW would be risky in the U.S. market.
—David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
About 50 patients with risky variants were detected in the first 10 months, Jacobson said.
—Arthur Allen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Chisholm’s risky, optimistic decision to run for president in 1972 unleashes the harsh games-playing of big-time politics as never before, testing her mettle and exposing the field’s treachery.
—Armond White, National Review, 27 Mar. 2024
The riskiest hour of the entire study period was between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. on the evening of the eclipse, reports the National Post’s Sharon Kirkey.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Mar. 2024
Then China unilaterally altered a commercial air flight route over the Taiwan Strait, a step that officials in Taipei said could make flying in the area more risky.
—Amy Chang Chien, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
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“Risky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/risky. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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