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occupational hazard
noun
- a danger or hazard to workers that is inherent in a particular occupation:
Silicosis is an occupational hazard of miners.
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of occupational hazard1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Losing to Real Madrid is an occupational hazard of the Champions League.
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The conservative, Murdoch-owned paper’s opinion writers conceded that “falling out of President Trump’s good graces is an occupational hazard” for his staffers but called the move a “new low.”
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Being killed, he says, "is just an occupational hazard."
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Underlining the occupational hazards awaiting Iman, he has been issued a gun for his protection.
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That's become an occupational hazard for the Royal Family, as it can't shake off questions about the long shadow of historic links to slavery.
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