1
as in endangering
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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2
as in risking
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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Recent Examples of hazarding
But Sixx isn’t hazarding a guess as to when the next batch of new material will come along.
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Gary Graff, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
Gary Graff, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2025
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Also endangering the family name and business is a crooked deal made by Byron Hedges (Jack Gleeson), an illegitimate cousin helping Guinness expand into America, that promises 15% of all American profits to the Fenian Brotherhood.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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Szyszkiewicz was initially held in the Onondaga County Correctional Facility on other charges, and Seneca Falls police have since also charged him with five counts of first-degree rape and one count of endangering the welfare of a child.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Additionally, submitting the list only weeks before the fiscal year ends, lawmakers must choose between accepting the plan and risking undermining Congress’s decisions on federal spending, or fighting and risking the money disappearing when the deadline passes, the paper added.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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During the flight, temperatures outside an airplane can drop dramatically, with stowaways risking frostbite and even hypothermia.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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The rebels, led by Deepak Rauniyar and Binod Paudel, fired off a scathing letter to the Academy demanding a full investigation and threatening to blow up Nepal’s Oscar dreams entirely.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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Trump has been criticized lately for pressuring the Federal Reserve and threatening its independence.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Hazarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hazarding. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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