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• Now is the time to take a risk and start putting yourself (and your ideas) out there.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2021
• Streamers will still take a risk on a mid-range budget.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
• To tell a story about suicide is to take a risk—not with your own life but with the lives of others.
  — Eleanor Cummins, The New Republic, 16 May 2022
• Many new customers will back the Eagles tonight, though a few may take a risk with Washington.
  — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022
• Don’t take a risk with your health or physical well-being.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
• People just have to take a risk and give us the opportunity.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2022
• In brief, Mansfield’s view of manliness is this: A manly man is willing to take a risk.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 3 Oct. 2022
• For those unprepared to take a risk on a windy day, Quant made trousers — which had eluded mainstream chic until that decade.
  — Holly Thomas, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
• That Pugh would take a risk and rock his exaggerated shoulder straps on Oscars night was a fun and quirky choice.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
• Cisneros, no longer paying $100 each night for a hotel room, decided to take a risk and follow his dream.
  — Angelina Hicks, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2022
• Don’t take a risk with your relationships, health or assets.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• For other artists, the songs on La Brega: El Álbum were an opportunity to take a risk.
  — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
• One way to gauge your risk tolerance is to take a risk tolerance questionnaire.
  — Kevin L. Matthews Ii, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
• And with career pivots come some moments of anxiety, fear and a necessity to take a risk.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• Subscribers often buy tickets out of civic duty or take a risk, then leave when their expectations aren’t met.
  — Dallas News, 16 June 2022
• In short, Infiniti must compete with BMW yet remain notably more affordable to encourage the buyer to take a risk on the brand.
  — Georg Kacher, Car and Driver, 19 Mar. 2023
• Typically, clients willing to take a risk on a startup agency will sign on for a 90-day campaign or a limited-term project.
  — Christopher Tompkins, Forbes, 28 June 2022
• Therefore, if a bright and ambitious Chinese young person doesn’t like the prospects in their home country, there is a world of opportunity to prepare for and take a risk in the decades ahead.
  — Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
• Listen to the pull, the call or that little voice that is telling you to do more, to take a risk and to do something that will make a difference in this world inside or outside of your main professional work.
  — John M. O'Connor, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• Brokers and property owners also have to be willing to take a risk — perhaps more so than in Chon’s case, which relied on unique circumstances.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2023
• Weak Canadian climate policies meant they were not obligated to take a risk on the cleaner approach.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Sep. 2015
• Advertisement Jay: Finding someone who’s willing to take a risk on new talent.
  — Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• Don’t take a risk that can result in physical limitations.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
• Instead of sticking with another comedy, Wilde decided to take a risk with a thriller set in a utopian 1950s town called Victory.
  — Karli Bendlin, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022
• Hire someone who can separate the prospects from the other minor leaguers, can learn from a mistake rather than refuse to take a risk, and can hire talented scouts and coaches to replenish a farm system.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2024
• An escape plan saves lives, including firefighters who might take a risk to rescue someone inside who is already safe outside.
  — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
• Hawaiian shirts offer an opportunity to really take a risk and show some color.
  — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
• Either entrepreneurs are too pessimistic about the future to take a risk, or entrenched businesses are able to use government regulation to keep competitors on the sideline.
  — Adam A. Millsap, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• Mistakes should be embraced, and a modern leader who is empowered to make a decision, take a risk and succeed — or fail — at this risk, will ultimately learn and grow immensely, inspiring others to do the same.
  — Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2022
• But after discussing the deal — which would entail losing ownership over intellectual property — with Jessica, Gee said the two decided to take a risk and walk away from the offer.
  — J. Clara Chan, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 26 Jan 2025