How to Use dangerous ground/territory in a Sentence

dangerous ground/territory

noun
  • This is dangerous territory for the Aggies, who have a date with Texas on deck.
    — Scott Dochterman, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Although on the surface level, this game will help one team get back on track, for the other, its dangerous territory.
    — Dallas News, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The three of them climbed into the cragginess, up and up, to the lookout, to the next lookout, until the parched, dangerous ground was very far away.
    — Sarah Braunstei, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Morant is treading dangerous ground with his antics, which seem perplexing to those who’ve closely followed his story.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2023
  • But Yeoh’s drive could also push her into dangerous territory.
    — Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The new developments still keep Apple products on dangerous ground.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Marvin Sapp claims that the backlash to a viral video has entered dangerous territory.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Both were freelancers who embraced working in dangerous territory; both had been kidnapped before and escaped.
    — Rachel Weiner, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2022
  • Biden’s current numbers are in more dangerous territory for an incumbent than Obama’s ever were at this same point in time.
    — Mark Murray, NBC News, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The immediate risk is the stock’s valuation, which is getting close to dangerous territory.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2025
  • That set up a free kick in dangerous territory for the Reign, who immediately capitalized.
    — oregonlive, 28 June 2023
  • Windchill values tonight and tomorrow night are expected to drop into dangerous territory.
    — Mike Rose, cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The usual bit involving the hero treading into dangerous territory and their handler issuing remote orders is done via hearing aid.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024
  • And none of the three books offers a convincing path out of the dangerous territory into which the United States has been thrust by white identity politics.
    — Nell Irvin Painter, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
  • As far as Roberts is concerned, a club that markets its image from the energy that Anfield occasionally creates is treading on dangerous ground.
    — Simon Hughes, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Tipping points make decarbonization trajectories much more uncertain and can land us in dangerous territory.
    — Bygabriel Labbate, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The special operation finds the spies treading into dangerous territory, while also having to put up with the casual sexism of the time period.
    — Terry Terrones, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Johnson traveled into the dangerous territory, usually by himself, his preferred mode.
    — Dallas News, 17 June 2022
  • This type of behavior has occasionally crossed into more dangerous territory.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Wind chills could drop into dangerous territory, prompting additional safety concerns.
    — Kristan Hawkins, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Ensuring that technology doesn’t veer into dangerous territory often falls to compliance and governance teams.
    — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Charlotte forward Kerwin Vargas had attempted a bicycle kick near the penalty box when Zimmerman dove forward to head the ball out of dangerous territory.
    — Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Generally, it's understood that Paxlovid may help to shorten the length of a sickness, and in any case, help to keep individuals' symptoms from progressing into dangerous territory.
    — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 23 May 2022
  • Some areas in the region have already experienced temperatures outside of the range for human productivity and into dangerous territory for human survival.
    — Heather Randell, The Conversation, 28 June 2022
  • An undeniable attraction draws them into dangerous territory.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Once outside the night elf starting zones, players needed to hop on a boat, sail to another continent, and then make a long run through dangerous territory in order to make it to the dwarven capital of Ironforge and continue their adventure.
    — Cameron Koch, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
  • But a desire to push further on towards Crimea, however understandable, might lead to Russia escalating the conflict into very dangerous territory indeed.
    — The Editors, National Review, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The National Weather Service has hoisted a heat advisory for eastern portions of our area Thursday as heat indexes heat into dangerous territory.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 July 2022
  • As events veer into seemingly dangerous territory, Baker spices up the scenes with throwaway humor that keeps the film buoyant, even as Ani gets a rude awakening about the shallowness of spineless Ivan’s feelings for her, let alone his respect.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 May 2024
  • The country’s finances depend heavily on international investors willing to buy more of its national debt, now about 84% of its GDP (dangerous territory for a small, slow-growing economy).
    — Camille Squires, Quartz, 27 Jan. 2022

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