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at risk

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as in susceptible

being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm She put her life at risk to rescue residents from the house fire.

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Recent Examples of at risk This is putting certain skills, such as the ability to follow a complex argument, weigh competing views, or develop a coherent point of view, at risk. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 France was coordinating with European counterparts because other countries could also be affected, the person said, adding that authorities were assessing whether other French companies were at risk. — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026 So do countries with emerging economies such as India and the Philippines, doubly shunned because their thriving back-office service sectors are particularly at risk of displacement by artificial intelligence. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026 The Minneapolis Fire Department says two firefighters were hospitalized with minor burns in a blaze Sunday evening, which has put decades of Dakota and Ojibwe educational materials at risk. — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for at risk

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