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as in endangered
to place in danger
just so the tourists could see the sea lions up close, the captain needlessly hazarded his ship
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as in risked
to take a chance on
was unwilling to hazard landing the plane on the small island, which didn't even have an airfield
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British men Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, and a 17-year-old of dual British-Pakistani nationality, all from east London, were charged Friday with arson and being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
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Both of those species are critically endangered.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2026
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In December, a satellite deployed from a Chinese rocket also risked colliding with a Starlink sat, prompting SpaceX to call for better coordination in the aerospace industry.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2026
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Critics, however, warned that the approach risked eroding longstanding norms intended to shield prosecutorial decisions from political influence.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
2 Apr. 2026
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Law enforcement arrested a man who allegedly threatened his family and a police officer before fleeing in a vehicle on Sunday.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Apr. 2026
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Iran threatened to strike an AI center in the United Arab Emirates after an airstrike targeted Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology on Monday morning, the semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Hazarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazarded. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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