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something that may cause injury or harm
willing to face the dangers of the Arctic in quest of the Northwest Passage
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And this is one of the biggest dangers with the current war, is this process of desensitizing people, brutalizing people.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
The idea of the quantum apocalypse presents potential dangers that require serious consideration.
—Jason McNutt, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
And so that’s how in the summer of 1962, Americans finally learned about the dangers of thalidomide.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
And thousands of them were taking the drug, completely unaware of its dangers to pregnant women — that is, until July 15, the day The Washington Post put Morton Mintz’s story on the front page.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet even after his public fall from grace, Lane remained convinced of the dangers that constipation posed to health.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Beyond the dangers of floodwaters and hurricane-force winds, people likely face many more insidious health risks in the aftermath of a storm.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
In his lifetime, Fleming realized that his discovery could be endangered by antibiotic resistance and warned of the dangers in his Nobel lecture in 1945.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
This is likely an indicator of the dangers of groupthink.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2024
The idea of the quantum apocalypse presents potential dangers that require serious consideration.
—Jason McNutt, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
And so that’s how in the summer of 1962, Americans finally learned about the dangers of thalidomide.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
And thousands of them were taking the drug, completely unaware of its dangers to pregnant women — that is, until July 15, the day The Washington Post put Morton Mintz’s story on the front page.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
Yet even after his public fall from grace, Lane remained convinced of the dangers that constipation posed to health.
—Elsa Richardson, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Beyond the dangers of floodwaters and hurricane-force winds, people likely face many more insidious health risks in the aftermath of a storm.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2024
In his lifetime, Fleming realized that his discovery could be endangered by antibiotic resistance and warned of the dangers in his Nobel lecture in 1945.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
This is likely an indicator of the dangers of groupthink.
—Steven Desmyter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
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