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verb

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Recent Examples of hazard
Noun
On that note, the aluminum chassis meets military-grade durability standards, protecting your device from hazards like extreme temperatures or accidental drops. PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025 Check with lifeguards before entering the ocean for possible hazards you may be swept into. Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
In the end, the United States must be so strong and determined that Russia and other adversaries don’t want to hazard actions that compel it to carry out its threats. Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2024 Mary, care to hazard a guess as to who’s behind that mask? Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for hazard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hazard
Noun
  • It was postponed indefinitely due to the federal takeover threat.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The threats are sometimes even leveled against family members.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • With any luck, it will someday be reversed, like other famous examples of Supreme Court decisions that reflected prejudice against African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, and others.
    Noah Feldman, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Though Smith was charged with four counts of assault for scaring and endangering the villagers, troopers did not say he was involved in his mother’s death.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In a tide election, that could endanger seats that were previously safely Republican.
    Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Civil liberties campaigners across Britain and beyond swiftly condemned the designation, warning that applying terrorism laws to such a group risks chilling free speech and assembly, while also setting a dangerous precedent for protest rights.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • With the country leaning in a Republican direction, donors could be less apt to risk donating to Biden.
    Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One major priority of the CCP in this realm is to produce scientific papers on the dangers of climate change and the utility of alternative forms of energy.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The public often does not see the danger because the consequences are hidden in the future.
    Les Rubin, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Investors peg the chances of a quarter-point rate cut this month at about 90% and the odds of a half-point cut at nearly 10%, according to CME FedWatch Tool, a measure of market sentiment.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2025
  • What began as a chance to build a sales team and achieve financial independence turned into a mission to serve working families.
    William Jones, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trump has also taken an unusually hands-on approach to pressure policy and leadership changes at a slew of colleges and universities by freezing, or threatening to withhold, federal funding at campuses, including Columbia, George Mason, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Brown, and Michigan.
    Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The clause allows a NATO member to convene a meeting of allies to consult on an issue that could threaten its security.
    Will Gretsky, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Initially dismissed as an accident, Charles, Oliver and Mabel dive headfirst into the investigation, uncovering a sprawling conspiracy that stretches beyond the building’s walls and entangles New York’s old mob families with its newest billionaires.
    Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Damaged airbags also may fail to deploy in case of accidents.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Hazard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazard. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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