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as in risk
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil
he knew he was in danger when he received the threatening phone calls at home
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as in threat
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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Recent Examples of danger
For most of his life, Xiao has claimed that the central danger to Chinese society was not the dictator but his liberal opponents.
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Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Dry grass and shrubs are ready to burn, and the fire danger forecast by the Los Angeles County Fire Department on December 11, the day the fire grew significantly, was high or very high throughout the Los Angeles Basin, Santa Monica Mountains, and Santa Clarita Valley.
—Kylie Mohr, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
But its core themes—the corrupting allure of control, the dangers of putting the future in the hands of greedy autocrats—align closely with those of the original Dune novels.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Not the person that’s running away from the danger.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
Dry grass and shrubs are ready to burn, and the fire danger forecast by the Los Angeles County Fire Department on December 11, the day the fire grew significantly, was high or very high throughout the Los Angeles Basin, Santa Monica Mountains, and Santa Clarita Valley.
—Kylie Mohr, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2024
But its core themes—the corrupting allure of control, the dangers of putting the future in the hands of greedy autocrats—align closely with those of the original Dune novels.
—Emma Stefansky, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Not the person that’s running away from the danger.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for danger
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The Weather Prediction Center said in its Thursday afternoon forecast that there is a moderate risk of a swath of the Upper Midwest from northern North Dakota to eastern Wisconsin seeing more than six inches of snowfall.James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Even in times of significant uncertainty, intelligent risks can be transformative.Peter White, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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That closeness is a testament to the skills of case officers, especially considering that spies regularly engage and build rapport with individuals who pose threats to American safety—criminals, terrorists, diplomats from the world’s most odious regimes.Jeremy Hurewitz, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Police said the perpetrator was acting alone and there wasn’t any threat to the greater community.Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Dec. 2024
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Opposition leader Lee, who narrowly lost to Yoon in 2022 and is favoured to win an election to replace him, is also in legal jeopardy, with a conviction on appeal and other rulings pending that could disqualify him from office.Joyce Lee, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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But the media's use of the tired relegation narrative to generate jeopardy misses a broader, more interesting question about what drove the Catalan to commit more emphatically than his last two deals.Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
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Pacifici shares an example where a buyer of a healthcare company inherited regulatory trouble from the previous owner, putting a third of the company’s revenue at risk and exposing it to potential fines.Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The more scientific term for this phenomenon is venous stasis—this condition occurs when the veins have trouble moving blood back to the heart, straining the cardiovascular system, Mustali Dohadwala, MD, a cardiologist in private practice at Heartsafe Boston, told Health.Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Danger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/danger. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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