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Recent Examples of hazard
Noun
Cheaper options or knock-offs tend to come with flimsy sockets, buzzing ballasts, or unreliable switches, which can make rooms look cheap or dated far sooner than expected and even create fire hazards. Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025 According to the trust, the site has been closed to the public since 2023 due to vegetation debris and unstable trees, as well as structures that are safety hazards. Bay City News Service, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
He is charged with conspiracy, attacking civilians, murder in violation of the law or war, terrorism, hijacking or hazarding a vessel or aircraft and intentionally causing serious bodily injury. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025 The Navy prosecuted Seaman Recruit Ryan Mays on charges of aggravated arson and willfully hazarding a vessel. Ziva Branstetter, ProPublica, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hazard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazard
Noun
  • With increasing space traffic from various nations and private companies, keeping tabs on potential collisions and threats becomes crucial.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • His two Mann Act convictions had carried the threat of a combined maximum of 20 years in prison.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • All of Tuesday’s big money luck among the Mega Millions, Fantasy 5, Jackpot Triple Play and Cash4Life drawings started and ended on one jackpot.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The good luck charm apparently had some impact, as Whitney and her partner ended the episode with their first 10s of the season, as well.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Wild burros' appetite for native desert trees are endangering the health of Sonoran ecosystems, a new study found.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Salmon Run, by Alejandra López, tells the story of a Puerto Rican mother working in a salmon-factory in urban Los Angeles whose friend disappears, and her hunt for answers leads her into a corruption that endangers many lives.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gateway communities near national parks risk losing up to $80 million in visitor spending each day.
    Josh Rivera, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • His sister pleaded with him not to risk meeting the Taliban, calling his mother in tears.
    Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These discrepancies have led to confusion, fear, and, in some cases, physical danger.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • With satellites orbiting the Earth exploding into tens of thousands of pieces, the danger of collisions with space debris is a major problem, so Atomic-6 has developed new Space Armor tiles that are lighter and more effective than current systems.
    David Szondy October 26, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jeremy Doku is the next most involved player, with three big chances created and three received.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Pay an additional $1 to add the Power Play for a chance to multiply all Powerball winnings except for the jackpot.
    Chris Sims, IndyStar, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the 21-year-old mother is worried about what the coming weeks will look like for her family as the second-longest government shutdown in US history threatens their access to a critical food assistance program.
    Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But despite his entreaties, including meeting with Putin in Alaska, floating sanctions relief, and threatening to cut off aid to Kyiv, the Russian president has refused to be charmed into giving up on his invasion.
    Mira Rapp-Hooper, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Kids don’t learn it from just accident.
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Kobolds can just as often decide to be harmful, however, causing accidents, cave-ins, and rockslides for reasons of their own.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Hazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazard. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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