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run a risk
Idioms and Phrases
Also, run the risk . Be subjected to danger, as in Hiding anything from customs means running a risk that you'll be caught , or Without the right postage and address, this package runs the risk of being lost . [Mid-1600s]Example Sentences
Ms Dickinson said shop staff are often advised not to intervene because they run a risk of being attacked.
In the torrent of social media misinformation generated by an event and its immediate aftermath, prediction markets driven in part by social media run a risk of their own.
They tend to cost more than the average bed and often need to be installed by a professional, and a bed runs a risk of opening by accident and possibly causing damage.
Speaking to an audience of thousands at the Nov. 18 coronation ball for the new queen, she added: “All of us, we all run a risk simply for being who we are.â€
I thought it was all on background, so I won’t give up a name, but I’m running a risk of being thrown in my own fear hole this Christmas by even telling anyone about this.
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