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  1. Risking

    of Risk

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of risking in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of risking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of risking in a Sentence

  1. Ted Gaines:

    This is maddening and I can't believe that hobby drones are risking people's lives to get videos on YouTube, drone operators are risking lives when they fly over an emergency situation.

  2. Erica Jong:

    Love is everything it's cracked up to beIt really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.

  3. Simone de Beauvoir:

    It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.

  4. Dave Portnoy:

    The military, they’re caught up sometimes in the political climate of what is going on in this country, but it shouldn’t affect support for the troops. No matter where you stand they’re risking their lives for us, it’s always been politicized, but the actual people serving and putting their lives on the line and protecting our freedoms, that should never be political. Regardless of how you feel, they’re out there doing what they're being asked or told to do and risking their lives for us.

  5. Lee Iacocca:

    Do you want me to tell you something really subversive Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. . . . It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

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