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How to use the word risking in a Sentence?

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Place my well-being above the fear of my anger. I would prefer experiencing frustration while working towards overcoming an addiction rather than risking my life due to the hesitation to confront the issue and potentially losing me. Prioritize my safety and health over the temporary discomfort of dealing with my emotions.

Christen Kuikoua

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18 days ago

This bill would ensure that we are not risking our energy security by selling our petroleum reserves to China, and the bipartisan support this legislation has received shows just how important it is for America to be energy secure and independent.

Joe Manchin

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

In the face of the existential threats like climate change and MAGA extremism, House and Senate leadership has a greater responsibility than ever to avoid risking a government shutdown by jamming divisive policy riders into a must-pass continuing resolution, permitting reform hurts already-overburdened communities, puts polluters on an even faster track, and divides the caucus.

Natural Resources

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We need to remember every single day on every single watch, our brave men and women of the Chicago Police Department are out there literally risking their lives for our safety.

Lori Lightfoot

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Otherwise, we are risking a never-ending war, don't get used to our pain.

first lady

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You could have worked for someone else and received a steady paycheck instead of risking starting a new business with unknown future revenue and income.

Clark Kendall

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My people were dying, my people were risking their lives… We are pushing Russians back on the ground because this is where we have the equipment we need, and in the air, our cities continue being destroyed, our people continue being killed.

Kira Rudik

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

You’re the ones at risk, in some cases, your lives, and risking all, you know, to try to help, and the American people are proud to support your efforts.

President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The way this is escalating, we’ve got kids sitting here and we’re risking a border closing, m.

Said Thompson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I've never been in combat, but I can tell you this—I‘ve lost friends in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I’ve seen what these wars have done to young men and women, we are showing all of our adversaries the playbook on how to infiltrate our country. It is a complete joke, and it says it's a sham and what he's really doing is he's putting young men and women out there is risking their lives.

Max Miller

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Beijing needs to be very cautious about wading into a conflict between NATO and United States over the Ukraine, china's current economic ties with United States, including its energy needs, don't warrant Beijing risking further alienation and backlash from Washington and its allies. This could come back to haunt Beijing later.

Alex Capri

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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.

Dave Portnoy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You're not going to know who is immunocompromised just by looking at them, i would just be considerate of others around you, even if you don't want to get the vaccine, wear your mask at least. Follow the safety protocols that we use so that you're not risking others' lives.

Brittania Powell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

One of the key things that we talked about with our partners back in 2018, when we started down this path, was really coming up with something that was simple but did provide that sense of de-risking the emerging markets.

David Giordano

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

When I saw how selfless the nurses were who worked through the pandemic ... they were risking their own lives to take care of people and it made me want to give back to them. So when they get older its somebody else that can take over for them.

Stephania Long

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It’s a very difficult task to convince a population that emotionally doesn’t want to hear it, and yet are risking their very lives.

Gregory Poland

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think that many of the schools that did open earlier without mitigation measures have realized that without universal masking they are risking large outbreaks, recent outbreaks may also have played a role in states such as Illinois in having a mask mandate initially, and now also a vaccine mandate for teachers.

Mehreen Arshad

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Here I was, grieving like other Americans for those killed and their family and loved ones -- but unlike other Americans, I knew American Muslims could not simply grieve, even though American Muslims were killed in the attacks, and American Muslims were part of the frontline workers risking American Muslims lives to try to save so many in New York and beyond, American Muslims were still being demonized and collectively blamed. And American Muslims broke my heart.

Aneelah Afzali

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If the person who has the target mac suspects that keystroke software has been installed, am I better off : a) risking being caught uninstalling it ? or b) having the target be taken to the apple store and just hoping they don't catch it ? .

Kenneth Kurson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our officers are performing their jobs at the highest levels. They’re risking everything to protect the people of Chicago, and this includes our collaboration with ATF. ATF officers are also giving everything to protect the people of Chicago. No one would do what these officers do. This is a very challenging time to be in law enforcement, but they are rising to the challenge.

Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Seeing people risking their lives for the Black Lives Matter movement on TV, that moved me greatly, it was pretty much the only way to use what I can do to help.

Ryun King

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These metal detectors are manned by the same police officers who saved our lives during the insurrection while risking their own, some members on the other side have disrespected these Capitol Police officers, verbally abused them, pushed them aside and disregarded their orders -- all to avoid this basic safety measure. That is no way to treat our heroes.

Jim McGovern

Found on CNN
3 years ago

It's just wrong to keep risking people's lives.

Cynthia Lindsey

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Lindsey Baden added. Finally, Badenaddressed the question on the minds of many : How can drug developers speed along these clinical trials without risking safety in the end product ? There are ways to take risks in manufacturing that are financial that dont engender safety risks in the studies and those financial risks have to be thought about in the manufacturing side and the delivery side, that I would argue are appropriate risks in this setting.

Lindsey Baden

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

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