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as in ventured
to take a chance on
Colette didn't want to risk running out of food for her party, so she bought twice what she thought she would actually need
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as in endangered
to place in danger
we refuse to risk our life savings on this investment scheme
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Recent Examples of risked
His father also lived a love story as he was saved by a woman who risked her life to do it and later married her daughter.
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Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2026
Tanizaki’s critique was, in part, a call for cultural preservation; aesthetic values with long histories risked falling by the wayside during a period of militarized globalization.
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Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
He was initially shown a yellow card, but this was upgraded to a red after the video assistant referee (VAR) recommended a pitch-side review, meaning Ronaldo risked missing Portugal’s World Cup opener through suspension.
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Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
After not being present for the voluntary portions of the offseason in the aftermath of being given the franchise tag, Pickens would have risked being fined by not being present for minicamp.
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Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
In 2024, the SAIC risked sanctions or censure from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a leading nonprofit organization that advocates for academic freedom, over its response to student activism.
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Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
9 June 2026
Advertisement Desperate refugees risked their lives on small, unseaworthy vessels, hoping to reach the shores of neighboring Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Hong Kong.
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Elizabeth Holtzman,
Time,
9 June 2026
The unveiling comes after an April report from NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) that warned that the space agency risked not being able to pull off the 2028 moon landing because of delays to Axiom Space’s timeline.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
8 June 2026
After discovering the related national security concerns and a potential existential threat, Jay defied powerful institutional gatekeepers and risked everything in order to reveal that humanity is not alone in the universe and to ensure the government takes action.
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Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
19 June 2026
Tanizaki’s critique was, in part, a call for cultural preservation; aesthetic values with long histories risked falling by the wayside during a period of militarized globalization.
—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
17 June 2026
He was initially shown a yellow card, but this was upgraded to a red after the video assistant referee (VAR) recommended a pitch-side review, meaning Ronaldo risked missing Portugal’s World Cup opener through suspension.
—
Dan Sheldon,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
After not being present for the voluntary portions of the offseason in the aftermath of being given the franchise tag, Pickens would have risked being fined by not being present for minicamp.
—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
In 2024, the SAIC risked sanctions or censure from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a leading nonprofit organization that advocates for academic freedom, over its response to student activism.
—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
9 June 2026
Advertisement Desperate refugees risked their lives on small, unseaworthy vessels, hoping to reach the shores of neighboring Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Hong Kong.
—
Elizabeth Holtzman,
Time,
9 June 2026
The unveiling comes after an April report from NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) that warned that the space agency risked not being able to pull off the 2028 moon landing because of delays to Axiom Space’s timeline.
—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
8 June 2026
After discovering the related national security concerns and a potential existential threat, Jay defied powerful institutional gatekeepers and risked everything in order to reveal that humanity is not alone in the universe and to ensure the government takes action.
—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for risked
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To fill the silence, my son ventured a guess.
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Young Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Mikal Bridges all ventured to the Philadelphia suburbs to play college ball, met for the first time, and played together in one season, then rose to the top and won the NCAA Tournament in 2016.
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Pygmy hippos are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with fewer than 2,500 adults remaining in the wild across parts of West Africa, including Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Sea turtles are some of the most endangered animals on the planet, and Kemp’s ridleys, the smallest species out of the bunch, are critically endangered.
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The victim alleged that a short time later, the suspect confronted her again in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store, according to the police report.
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Officers confronted the man, who fled to Sonic and damaged a cash register in his attempt to evade capture, the report stated.
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Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.
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Trump on Monday threatened to sue the network again over its coverage of problems with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following renovations touted by the president on a near-daily basis.
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Fragrance Isn't the Answer You might be tempted to cover that smell.
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Burry said he had been tempted to bet against SpaceX, the rocket company owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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Boyd, a fourth-generation farmer and longtime civil rights advocate, said generations of Black farmers have faced barriers accessing government loans and agricultural assistance programs.
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During the 2024 school board elections, 27 of 47 prospective candidates faced objections, many of them from CTU, and more than a dozen were ultimately knocked off the ballot.
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