My mom's labor had to be induced to avoid any risk of me being born during a bombing raid. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

My doctors said the risk of getting an infection was too high. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Still, the thought of hearing my mother's voice makes me bold enough to risk it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It would be foolish to tromp much farther through the river’s edge in the dark, with the risk of snakes and crocodiles. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not a risk I would take lightly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His weeding was turning up bugs and worms, morsels that the crows wanted, he knew, and it put his seedlings at risk. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A farmer might plant a dozen or more different varieties at one time, adjusting the mix from season to season in order to manage the risk of a crop failure. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But if she wants to go back and get caught by Mr. Prentiss Jr.? But if she wants to risk catching the Noise from me and dying that way? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment I stand with my hand on the doorknob, trying to gather myself together, and then I decide to take a risk. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe, she tells herself, she should have gone with her brother, taken the risk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She picked up her second javelin—a real risk considering we still had one full lap to go—and threw it at the Apollo driver. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Take no risks and be alert to danger. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew the risk, I promised her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Most of these wardresses had no idea why we were in prison, and gradually began to discover what we were fighting for and why we were willing to risk jail in the first place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Free blacks carried proof of manumission or risked being conveyed into the clutches of slavery; sometimes they were smuggled to the auction block anyway. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She’d been in the hospital for two days with the blood loss and risk of infection. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, man. He said we can't take the risk of hiring someone with a record.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was determined to do whatever it took to save his father’s life, even if it meant risking, or even sacrificing, his own. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“They knew the risks of coming with me when we left the Orleans. There were always safer options than crewing with an old loyalist like me.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had to take the risk of trusting Link a little bit, at least for now. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No risk of that. Delphi is no longer in Apollo’s control.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to risk losing the bones if the dress tore apart. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“As dry as it is now, we’ll be running a risk of setting the woods afire if there’s much old grass around the place.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only problem that comes up is when you're too infamous to risk placing a public bet and possibly getting picked up by the police. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But Ren is risking his reputation as a professional player just to gamble a handful of notes here in an illegal game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

These strong feelings put his life at risk. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Borrowing from a friend seemed like the simplest option, but I valued my handful of friends too much to risk losing them over money. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Good view or not, why would anyone want to risk falling seven stories?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

That took time, but not much, because the Captain was skilled and, more than that, the Prince was quick to lose patience and no one dared risk that. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

France did not want to openly support America and risk being attacked by Britain. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows the risk reading such a book would pose. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to come. Take a different route to the warfront and meet me there. We can decide on a rendezvous point. Better just to risk one of us than both.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“But you heard the ranger—they’ve been looking for a way to get him off our island. Sounds like he can’t risk breaking any more laws.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Who is this boy that would risk his own safety for a girl he didn’t know? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He had spent the last four nights at his cousin’s place, not moved to flee by the great risk of capture he faced. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it is a risk, I shall enjoy it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tali would never let them take the risk of going after Elowen. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It means: don’t risk yourself for me, if it should come to that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Roosevelt-Rondon Expedition had risked their lives to travel through a dangerous land—and in doing so, they forever changed the map of the world. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Journalists inevitably asked Fischer about the risks associated with the kind of climbing he did and wondered how he reconciled it with being a husband and father. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, okay. But, Nico, you do choose how to live your life. You want to trust somebody? Maybe take a risk that I’m really your friend and I’ll accept you. It’s better than hiding.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Tyson is risking his life to help you!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His life seemed the embodiment of the American Dream, living proof that anything could happen if a person had enough drive and a willingness to take risks. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Commandant’s put a tail on you. He’s trying to work his way through the crowd. We can’t risk a meeting now. Do you have anything for us?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

How do I tell them I risked their lives to kiss my boyfriend? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I shook my head: it required a degree of courage, excited as he was becoming, even to risk that mute sign of dissent. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But your sister. Are you willing to risk her life out of loyalty to a felon?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then a wild desire took me to obtain that key at any risk, and I determined then and there to scale the wall again and gain the Count’s room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Until it’s time to risk leaving it forever. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But they ignored me as they all fell silent, weighing the risks versus the potential benefit of having such a valuable treasure to lure Anansi. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I risked a look up, away from my feet and toward the island. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Any business is risky business, and none more so than small b business, the one that risks the shirt on its back. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Should we sell the rising stock option and risk losing out on its further ascent, or hold on to it and risk its decline and the loss of our premium? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my protests about the risks involved in sitting together on a balcony in a crowded section of Johannesburg, Helmut insisted we have our lunch of tuna fish sandwiches and tossed salad there. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Be careful. Don’t tell anyone you don’t trust. And make sure they know the risks. I don’t think the Director is going to take this lightly.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Look, I know it’s a risk and you’re all scared. I’m scared, too,” I continue. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Brooding, he became convinced, at times, that “the NSA considers me their greatest security risk.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He took Caesar into his confidence, risking that the slave might inform on him for a reward. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I told her she had run an enormous risk rescuing me, and she smiled. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I have to go, right now. I can't risk being late getting Judith to her hiding place. I'll come and meet you when I can. It might be late." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Listen. You don’t have to go along with this. I know there are risks, but we’ve been talking for days. I’m tired of talking.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Annabeth crept to the edge of the boulder and risked a glimpse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I finally felt safe enough to risk a look back, the bus driver was lost to my sight. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was a security risk, but I wanted to attend MK’s first test of an explosive device. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to keep the scope of my situation as narrow as possible or risk falling apart. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get the shopping carts and garbage bags. We can risk taking the elevator up, but we’d better be careful, because once it goes off, it might stay off until Tuesday.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And you—what have you risked in my name? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Timothy was down below, taking a nap, and had not been told about the expedition lest he worry and blame himself for the risk his mother must take. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Besides which, the risk that the Commandant will hear about my midnight wandering is too great. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

For us Ultima personified goodness, and any risk in defense of goodness was right. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your syllabus plainly states that passing notes or doing any work other than class work is done at your own risk.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He knew that to have risked the princess’s life was deserving of death. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

These days they only risked the signal for important meetings. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

And she sounded sort of lifeless and disbelieving all at the same time when she said they’d had no idea the baby was at risk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

All my pocket money was a bit of a risk. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the wallet was plump, she helped herself to a ten or a twenty, once even risking two twenties. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She who does not take the risk...I step out among the crowd like a raven in a flock of white doves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

People in rowboats were standing up now, risking a dunking to see what was happening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, I say it’s not worth the risk, Hazel. Why not wait for Holly to come back? That’s all we have to do.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adventurers knew all too well that it was dangerous to try to paddle their six canoes through the churning waters, and they couldn’t risk losing any more canoes or food. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

But if he took too great a risk, the helicopter could be shot down, plunging him and the rest of the crew to their deaths. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t risk so much as a nod of acknowledgment, but continued up the stairs to the balcony on the second floor where she could get a better look at the flow of the crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Your father takes a great risk, you know.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Her arguments make sense, in fact. She’s happy as she is, and doesn’t want to take a deadly risk.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Fine, I’m going with you. If only to tell you to hurry up and get back to the Mess, where the major risk is indigestion, as opposed to getting shot out here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He was standing there, hopping around as he aimed his weapon, waiting until he could risk firing the Transvice at the woman. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The risk they’re taking is proof they want this to get printed and they want it bad. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If Bagdikian could get his hands on the Pentagon Papers, would the Washington Post risk printing this same material? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I remember talking about how much we admired her for risking everything to care for Anne and her family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had what every story should have: action running like a fleeing suspect across the surface shadowed step for step by big risks and big emotions. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I can try to speed things up, but there’s a risk it will backfire. You know women.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Nadine explained that Reggie’s lawyer had called and said that Reggie could be interviewed but would only talk about the risks of texting and driving, not about his experience in the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But the Collective has taken great strides and risk to move beyond that, haven’t we Crick?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She would need to brew some moon tea or risk bringing another kraken into the world. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m willing to take that risk because I’m the kind of guy that lives on the edge. You know, carpe diem. Suck the marrow out of life.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Even though trespassing in the woods is illegal and poaching carries the severest of penalties, more people would risk it if they had weapons. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He and his team were taking all the risks; they were the ones who faced the arrests and the danger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They had plenty of mutual friends who could have done reconnaissance, but Dawn felt that if she was going to risk it, she was going to risk it firsthand. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

If he left the country with me, he would be leaving his wife and sons in Rawalpindi, possibly at risk of attack. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

To minimize the risk of being cut in a spill, he tried to avoid very young, inexperienced horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I can burrow under the fence without risking detection, and the ground’s frozen hard, anyway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about sneaking out again, but the risk was incomprehensible, and it was so effing cold out, she'd probably lose an ear to frostbite. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I have chosen this course which is more difficult and which entails more risk and hardship than sitting in gaol. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refused to put her players at risk. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was trying to figure out whether Dr. Strayer might overly influence the jury were he to testify to the inherent substantial or significant risk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The clerks behind the counter would never risk selling to underage dudes. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He would never join them—it was too big a risk that his tattoo would be seen—but he liked watching them from a distance. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t strike out on my own, and even with help it’s not worth the risk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t like risking this, but covering my face is safer than not. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You must find out all you can,” said Mr. Benedict sternly, “and you must report it to me, but you must take no unnecessary risks. Your mission is dangerous enough as it is.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No contest. They don’t want to risk judgment from the court, because it might go against them.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Loud and clear. I was just trying to make the point that it’s worth the risk. If someone’s going to die every night anyway, we might as well use it to our advantage.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All those eyes on me—the town, the whole universe — and I couldn’t risk the embarrassment. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The patient’s condition and diet and lifestyle put him at serious risk of developing heart disease over the next few years. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For instance, I had seen the kinds of miracles stockvel had wrought on families who took the risks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had all but forgotten about what I heard in the Amity compound, about the information my father risked his life for. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Still, they needed money, and they realized that whatever a man does, he’s bound to take some risks. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner assumed there was nothing he could do to help the man without risking a lynching himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But that doesn’t necessarily mean that eating in a car is a major risk that should be illegal. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Eventually the black became charcoal, and I decided it was worth the risk to start moving. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They would offer Wolf protection, a new life away from the uncertainties and risks of post-communist Germany. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Given all the benefits, and all the risks, would they give the go-ahead for the surgery? Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Still it's a long time before I risk moving. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So we decided that despite the big crocodiles in the river, we would risk it and wade across. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear you think I’m a flight risk,” Mom says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“The reputation of the royal family is too valuable to risk.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Why risk a ship like the Current of Faith on a voyage from which it would never return? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He had led the crew of the Argo II into the House of Hades . . . and now he had accepted yet another terrible quest: risking himself to haul the Athena Parthenos back to Camp Half-Blood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Paul again, explaining: “They couldn’t have waited—it’s so late now it’ll be daylight by the time they get back to England. They couldn’t risk being caught over France in daylight.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Few women would take such a risk, so midwives were scarce: on the day Judy left for Wyoming, Mother became the only midwife for a hundred miles. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Izzi risks a glance in my direction while she folds a stack of towels. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Booth was a thrill seeker, so perhaps he wanted to increase his excitement by risking the use of a one-shot pistol. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for your concern. I will take the risk.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When dinner was over and bedtime crawled in, Jam lay in her sheets waiting for her parents to fall asleep, properly asleep, before she could risk going back into the studio without waking them up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Here was Minerva risking her life for this young man, why not just admit she was in love with him? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A doctor had to examine Roan—a heavy drinker who had once wrecked his car while intoxicated—and deem him a safe risk for the insurance company. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Definitely not worth risking another strike on my record. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s face it,” Southam responded, “there are relatively few skilled cancer researchers, and it seemed stupid to take even the little risk.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It told the world she belonged to the Dregs, that to trifle with her was to risk their vengeance. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was taking a risk—that I wouldn’t use it against her, like other rootworkers might. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Already she’d made a mistake, but she could not risk going back for boots. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

No, Penelope was certain; Lady Constance would rather endure a dozen wild children living in Ashton Place than risk inciting the kind of home wrecking that had transpired. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“As long as you cover it all, there won’t be much risk to him.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As an adolescent, he was furious with his mother for beating him, for risking escape, for causing his torture. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, she rarely took any sort of risk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“And run the risk of choking to death on your own vomit? What if it’s something more serious?” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Hamilton seemed to see in Burr, then, was a man very much like himself in several respects: ambitious, energetic, possessing an instinctive strategic antenna and a willingness to take political risks. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

His recklessness served him well in an environment where risk taking, and a willingness to break the rules, earned him accolades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I began to risk climbing trees to escape the wild dogs that quickly got bored and moved on. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Foot soldiers also risked arrest and, more worrisome, violence. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Diaghilev took one serious risk with his second season. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

If he doesn’t, I’ll have no choice but to risk going to his house in the dead of night. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the risk of bringing anything of value back here. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They had been out of power for a long time and were calculating that their way back to power might, with some risks taken, lie on the road I pointed out. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t risk it, says the voice of her father. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But we knew we had no choice, we had to make it across the clearing because, as young boys, the risk of staying in town was greater for us than trying to escape. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Beside her, Mini risked a look beneath her feet and started swaying. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Also, even if a dangler is in no danger of being misinterpreted, enough readers have trained themselves to spot danglers that a writer who leaves it incurs the risk of being judged as slovenly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mom wanted to go ahead despite the risks. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I feel so betrayed, even though I realize there’s not much Coach could do to help me, even if he were willing to take the risk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing here in the darkness with David felt like a risk, like everything was about to change again. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Any attempt to approach him directly would put TRIGON, and the operation, at extreme risk. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the nearest school was far away or too expensive, or the risk of being assaulted while getting there was too great. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But taking risks is at the heart of the drug enterprise, and scared money didn’t make money. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But he seemed at peace now with the risks he was taking. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, because divorce is such a wrenching, stressful experience, it probably raises one’s risk of death, and thus the reality is quite contrary to the above misleading correlation. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cain thinks he can, but I don’t like taking risks.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Really? That’s the desperate hero, risking his life for a chance to escape the mighty Roc?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Teachers labeled him: “aloof,” “withdrawn,” “violent,” “at risk.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if I’m terrified of the “risk” of being the first on the surface, or excited we’ll be leaving the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Naomi made the declaration before she weighed its risks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In 2003, researchers at Harvard University did a risk analysis and projected that motorists distracted by their cell phones caused 2,300 deaths each year and 330,0 injury accidents. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the opportunity for risk was growing, given the exploding power of devices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Those ships will stay with us until I deem it safe to release them. Of course, Guilder could attack then, but that is a chance we must risk. Let me think if there’s anything else.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Take a risk and they say you not for real. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, it was just fun, particularly since we were risking expulsion. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help but think about how my father had kept his aims deliberately modest, avoiding every risk in order to give us constancy at home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But Dicey figured they had to risk it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The world isn’t the safest place ever, we know that because of Christian and everyone else dying on the daily. But I should’ve shown you some risks are worth it.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her membership in the Dregs meant anyone acting against her would risk retribution from the gang, but payback wouldn’t matter much to Nina if she was on a slaver ship bound for who knew where. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

No doubt I am guilty of some injustice here, but it is irreducible, since I cannot risk assuming that the humanity of these people is more real to them than their uniforms. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

"According to the message," Lewis explained, "NASA rejected the idea. They'd rather take a big risk on Watney than a small risk on all of us. Whoever snuck it into Vogel's e-mail obviously disagreed." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I risk my other cat’s eyes to be shot at, but not this one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s always a risk for humans to be around the cold ones, even if they’re civilized like this clan was. You never know when they might get too hungry to resist.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This is a route you take to become a legal resident of the United States when you’re escaping persecution in your home country, and when returning to said country could put your life at risk. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s a security risk now that he’s seen this safe house and the agents here. He’s safer with us, Ruby. The president wants him dead. I’m sure he’d come to see that...eventually.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But that’s not fair, to put others in the hospital at risk of me, the ticking time bomb. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t comment on the risk I’d be taking, only asked, “Sweet, why go and break your heart again?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was sorry I hadn’t spoken up more forcefully about the risks of apartment hunting via search engines. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the way up I kept saying to myself, "Now, settle down and think. Think about what you are doing. Be careful. Think about what you are risking." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But another voice in my head told me that if I hid, I risked being on this endless barren road after dark. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You risked an awful lot on a theory, Artemis.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I would risk losing a son for that?” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The steps were slimed with moss and difficult to climb, and I had to go slowly or risk falling. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Every battle is a gamble, Snow. The man who does nothing also takes I a risk.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The road to the stars was a rough one, and the Apollo team needed no reminder of the risk. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Your father commands fleets. And thousands of half-men, I am sure. But would he risk himself to save a single one?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would not get another chance to go into the store; I had to take the risk now. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel his heart crack, stabbed right where he had risked opening it up to me, where he had let me see the beating wound inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But I want to know if it was something he risked his life for.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Such instances are certainly rare, for placing your fate in the hands of thirty prepubes- cent witnesses doesn’t seem like a risk that even the worst teacher would take. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Now he was alive to the risk that a private corporation might steal away with the rights to his invention if he did not promptly establish his prior claim. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, hoping Cade would know I didn’t think it was worth the risk of him going under for that shadowy body. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Silas waited at the threshold, unwilling to risk his paws on the messy floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the use of DDT, and its potential health risks to both animals and humans, that grabbed the public’s attention. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Loath to take that risk, they spoke only to each other about their concerns, and the secret brought them closer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They would have to be young, without families, willing to risk their lives. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have risked coming to Hollow Hall for nothing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If I could, I would fling it at others, I’m afraid, at risk to their ease. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But your mom would too. So I’m not messing up and risking the time I do have with you.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Better to wait at the corner than risk missing my ride. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I am proud of my daughter as well. But there is a security risk here with the other two.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Better to keep your mouth shut than to risk one of the college kid’s snotty lines, like: “Don’t say ^interested. When what you mean is ««in- terested.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can see why someone like Madge, who has never been at risk of needing a tessera, can set him off. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Zeta-1, you are going to be hurt! You are risking all our duties.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’s just taken a risk, but for what? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems like a big risk for me to take when I don’t really want to drink or anything.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

What kind of power do bedtime stories have over him that he’d risk our safety like this? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

To broach the subject at all will be a risk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Since Francis had assured me that they were a red herring, I decided to risk a full explosion. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The owner of Lord Faro’s Belly would risk dragons, but not Dothraki. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There are many biological influences of psychological traits such as cognitive ability, conscientiousness, impulsivity, and risk aversion. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re young. Too young and too foolish to understand what’s happening here. We have no rights and no power, and no one in this family is going to take any risks. Do you understand me?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A month later, after the first big waves of deaths, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a five-step list of symptoms to help parents identify whether their kid was at risk for IAAN. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Did having a friend make the risk of losing that friend worth it? Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He smiles as he reaches for a frying pan, because he knows it’s exactly the kind of insane risk he can’t resist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was understandable; he risked the confiscation of his property by sheltering us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, we decided to take a calculated risk. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lavender didn't quite believe that, but she was not prepared to risk it happening. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A few times I risked asking what advantage my race had given me over other applicants. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Newt had adamantly refused when Thomas asked to see the person he’d risked his life for. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Whatever the risks, they were determined to push ahead in a nonviolent direct assault on white privilege. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But now I must insist, must risk presumption to say that I do not think that all blacks are equally ‘black.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re prepared to bravely put themselves at risk to return your son to your side. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re not disappointed. I just thought it was too much of a risk. Please. Sit down.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

For a wound like his, which hadn’t damaged any organs or blood vessels, the risk of infection in the hospital’s crowded poor ward was more dangerous than remaining in bedrest at home. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But if you take the risk and trust where the story is leading you, you might find the ocean you must cross.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The procedure was simple, permanent, and without risk. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was a story about science, primitive instinct, and culture and sociology, and the tension between the need to stay connected and the risks of being entranced by their siren call. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she believed me or not, but I never risked peeking again. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To do that was to risk imprisonment in a labor or concentration camp or execution. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t just wish for the future; I have to take risks to create it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

You have to take the risk, don’t you? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden in wooden crates, they were then loaded onto trains that had to pass through communist East Germany—and risk being detected—before reaching the American sector in Berlin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was only worth the risk if I were sure where the commissary was: otherwise we might just as well eat the cattle, ourselves. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought of her,” Max goes on, “but I haven’t heard from her once since the ghetto. I don’t think I will. She’d never risk it, not like...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"It's a risk which we must take. All of us must sacrifice for the good of the whole. Change is achieved through sacrifice. We follow the laws of reality, so we make sacrifices." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there in her words was a reason for the risk I had taken. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see how they could find Sam guilty—he’d fought for three years, he’d risked his life, how could they decide to punish him for something he hadn’t done? My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But something inside him told him that it wasn’t a risk. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Bunderson asked whether there’s a general knowledge of the risks of using the phone while driving, given years of research. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Or are they simply manifesting the worst aspects of adolescence—an obsession with conformity, group identity, and peer approval combined with an appetite for risk and sensation? The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t want me to take this mission because he doesn’t want to risk the men to save Darin. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Papa would accept any humiliation or pain or risk any scandal to get some rice and bacon grease. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

If one of us breaks a leg or shoulder in these exploits, that is probably the end of both of us; there, precisely, is the risk—rather an ugly one when looked at closely. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The risk that African Americans would be unfairly targeted should have been of special concern to the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And Gabriel could walk down the hall and not risk having his backpack thrown into the trash can. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t see why they would risk that many Divergent,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“And the women wouldn’t try to stop them, would they? No matter how long and hard they worked? No matter if they were risking their lives?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of people in history have taken risks to make social and political statements...” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“David said no messing around! No unnecessary risks!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I had met so many white faces that would have violendy disapproved of my taking the examination that I could not have risked telling Mr. Hoffman the truth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He explained that if they wore civilian clothes and were captured, they risked being executed as spies. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Like how stealing could actually help someone, could maybe be worth the risk. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to make this sculpture so badly, you will risk your young life by sharing space with a disease-carrying cat?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The risk of interference was not the same for each horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was forty-one years old, so the pregnancy was what they called “high risk.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I needed to take this risk; hopefully James would stick it out with me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Could’ve been a catastrophe, couldn’t it? But he took a risk and it paid off.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Don't tell me that I am risking my life in vain. Don't tell me that if I die, I will have died for nothing." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Madison produced six reasons why Jefferson’s gesture of support might create unacceptable political risks. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And I could've gotten dressed in the bathroom, but it's too small, and I couldn't risk doing anything stupid like dropping my jersey in the toilet or something. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In the cinematographic twilight, Bernard risked a gesture which, in the past, even total darkness would hardly have emboldened him to make. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just know that it concerns an item of immense destructive power. An item that would put many, many innocent lives at risk were it placed in the wrong hands.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He wished he knew that he would have risked his life for his family and country — that he loved them the right way. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t risk the possibility of Ms. Lee opening the door again instead of James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But you go in front and take the risks first,” answered Blackberry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One part to you is fair since the work is ours and ours the risk.” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kisses my cheeks, scolding me for taking such a risk, leading me into the old kitchen where they live. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She wanted to scream her terror, bring Zoya running, beg for someone to save her, but she wouldn’t risk the others’ lives. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I firmly believe it is the most ethical decision-the risk of race extinction justifies the elimination of a few. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was too far away to strike, so I took a risk: I hurled Riptide like a throwing knife. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I rushed to meet him as if any delay would risk losing him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was a dangerous risk, and maybe a stupid one, but Ekon was out of choices. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Villagers like Baba ventured behind the nylon-mesh fence into the reserve at their own risk. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

If one cannot risk oneself, then one is simply incapable of giving. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

As the nation became more racially and politically polarized, did I really want to take a stand at the risk of my own safety? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Why did you risk your lives for us?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He would risk breaking the Sabbath for one good hit. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He risked imprisonment by doing so—worse than that, if rumors about the Black Guard and their purges are true. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Making the vain, or rather paranoid, assumption that they might be talking about me, I took a step closer and peered as far as I could risk around the corner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A drunk driver and a person on a phone were equally likely to crash, whereas “we’re seeing the risk factor for accidents when someone is texting exceeds the level when people are legally drunk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And now you know. I’d risk my life for yours. But that doesn't mean I love you.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

No, the risk was too great; the whole Group might be put back six or seven months in its conditioning. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd already told him that as awesome as last night was—and they both agreed it was awesome—she couldn't risk sneaking out again. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Frear got across the river “after a severe struggle, and at the risk of my life” and continued his search for his sister-in-law and Wood. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it would still have been a very risky proposition, and at that point McCandless had no reason to take such a risk. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My beloved Psyche risked everything in the name of Love. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It does tell a story, though. As I thought the first time I saw you—you take risks.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And finally Zeitoun knew Ahmad’s secret, why he had become a sailor, why he had risked so much to become a captain. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

No doubt Marina risked getting in trouble with her sponsor and the state, but she made the right decision. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I figured sneaking in here was worth the risk. What’s your plan?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Along the way, I had to learn how to be tough and tenacious or risk losing the fight before it even started. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s a risk for countless reasons, the worst being that there’s always a possibility that it Julie has been caught, she may have already compromised the name. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There’s hardly any way to keep the école secondaire open another term without funds, and parents are anxious that education is only putting their children at greater risk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What the hell, Archie thought, those were the risks of the boxing ring. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to risk it, that was all, or else do something to the bedclothes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to risk another unintended landing.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I would have been a fool to risk it with Dumbledore close at hand.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t, because I couldn’t risk changing how she felt about Rosie—or, if it comes right down to it, how she felt about me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And you risked your life getting the medicine that saved me?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you think your own life’s cheap, but you’re risking everyone else here, too.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to take risks like that. There’s a war on. They could have bought it and gone down in flames themselves, without your help. But with your help they made it down safely.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“We need to remove some of the native species. The Collective believes an airborne herbicide can kill foliage, without risking physical contact with dangerous flora.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So maybe, Mai thought, the risk part involved riding the city bus. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I decided to risk breaking my cover when one of the players ran to the dugout for some water. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nations such as Russia, Poland, and Finland also experienced disastrous economic times and suffered from oppressive governments, leading many to risk the long, treacherous ocean voyage to America. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He could not risk the chance of losing one of his penguins now. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a calculated risk, but now Kaz could only wait and hope that laziness and bureaucracy would do the rest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Cruel? Celaena, Perrington is just over there. I’m sure he’s not happy about you being here, so I wouldn’t risk drawing his attention any more than necessary.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve come to enjoy the risk, the sensation of vertigo when I realize that I’ve shot right over the border of the socially acceptable, that I’m walking on thin ice, on empty air. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think I won’t,” I warned, knowing exactly what Liam wanted to do: go out and risk his neck by walking down the alley to make sure the coast was clear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By his command, they'd risked no open flames since entering the mountains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that I could not remain where I was for long without incurring the risk of an oncoming vehicle coming round that same bend and colliding into my employer's Ford. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She fired me. And, uh. She told me I need to figure out if the way I feel about him is worth the risk.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But what constituted “injury” and “risk” was heavily debated. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Visiting him again was a risk, but I needed to do some damage control. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“By the way, at the risk of repeating myself, how about those purple jelly beans?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She decided that if she slept in the barn, she ran the risk of being eaten by a dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids who weren't "at risk" had their own cars to drive home, or parents who picked them up. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

"We are all at risk," she told him, perhaps too sharply. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I figured it was easier to just accept than risk another mini disaster. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Over the next few weeks, Air Force planes made flight after flight, carrying Americans and “at risk” South Vietnamese out of the country. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And yet, so unique also was Bernard’s oddness that she had hesitated to take it, had actually thought of risking the Pole again with funny old Benito. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hannah, he would not be in the slightest danger. It would be so quick, he wouldn’t even be aware of what was happening. We’d make sure of that. He’s too valuable to risk.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There’s no way we can ask the Runners to risk staying out there—no way. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Since you are here we must risk the peril of the Road and go. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

With Henry, there was too much danger, too much risk. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You should sit back and let other people take the risks.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Suppose one of those people who saw us at Central recognizes you and tries to pick a fight? What about the risk to your grandmother?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is no comfort in this place,” the Archmage had said to Ged on the day he made him wizard, “no fame, no wealth, maybe no risk. Will you go?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And do I tell him it’s just “Nate,” and risk stuttering? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Officials were concerned about the spread of E. coli, the risk of typhoid fever, cholera, dysentery. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I do too—but I don’t want him to risk his job for me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until someone realized that “tracking” is wrong that the stereotyped “at risk” urban high school kids were given their chance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

What am I supposed to believe—that Mirjam alone is worth taking risks to save, just because she was the one I was asked to find? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I’ve managed to walk outside the building, I risk a look behind me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was worth the risk to have books in my life again. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In other words: Is the fact that texting creates more of a risk the same thing as saying that it is an inherently substantial risk? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And there she stayed, for the creek was so slender and the currents so tricky and the oyster beds so perilous that no salvage captains would risk their own vessels to retrieve the Moily Bell. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Reset the Bureau, and reprogram them without the propaganda, without the disdain for GDs. Then they’ll never risk the memories of the people in the experiments again. The danger will be gone forever.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At the sight of the words I love you the desire to stay alive had welled up in him, and the taking of minor risks suddenly seemed stupid. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My caseworker, Mr. Wilcox, said I was not a danger to myself or others and ranked me as a minimum-security risk. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But one by one, the young people rose up from their seats and declared their bold commitment in spite of the risks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He concedes that outrage and hazard do not carry equal weight in his risk equation. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He even let me smoke a cigarette in his office, but he urged me to quit smoking because of the health risks. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We neither of us dared risk a confession. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s taking huge risks to see me, to help me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’d almost lost Tyson once before, and I didn’t want to ever risk that again. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I risked a glance back at the big bouncer. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He would wait until all seven hells were frozen if he could rather than risk another bout of blisters. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Barack had taken an enormous risk—one that could have cost him his presidency—and it had all gone okay. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

By 1820 even Adams had stopped firing off his illumination rounds and had adopted the Jeffersonian posture of benign duplicity, preferring to risk hypocrisy rather than the friendship. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“A woman converted at our mosque a couple of months ago. She knew the risks. And honestly, her Arabic pronunciation puts mine to shame.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But it was my place to speak up about why I had to jump in and risk my own life when me and Needles ain't got no blood between us. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“There are only four spots and I won’t risk you stealing one because everyone loves your stupid brother so much. It’s either quit or get kicked out of the Bureau. Your decision.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wished Mr. Black had written about him, and risked his life to tell the world about him, and had reminders of him around his apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bunderson began by asking Dr. Strayer whether a “significantly greater risk,” which is a relative term, implied that it was a “substantial risk,” which is a more objective term. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But Coach Hedge promised he could guard Reyna for a little longer and, on the off chance the spirit had something useful to say, Nico decided it was worth the risk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The thought should have terrified me, but instead I felt a zen calm wash over me: Whatever was going to happen down on Chthonia, everything I’d risked had already been worth it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But most of us are, like Molly’s parents, terrible risk assessors. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I near wiped it from my memory altogether, because I didn’t want to risk someone finding out I knew about Old Man Martin’s shack. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He’d been willing, even eager to risk capture and execution as a thief and hired gun. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’ve even risked stumbling upon sex stuff in their room by searching all of their drawers. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up, as if to risk a sudden dash. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

These men were patriots who risked their lives to help the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But taking a risk like that and having everything be okay afterward felt so good.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In spite of the growing risks, Mollie and her family pressed on with their search for the killers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for emptying that liquor crate so I had a place to hide, and for sneaking me into the ladies’ head, and most of all for risking your neck to help us out....” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But the law was applied much more broadly, and soon thousands of mothers with children living in poor, marginalized communities where drugs and drug addiction are rampant were at risk of prosecution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some had no choice but to try to sleep on top of the flue, where they risked severe burns when the heating system flared up. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think he’d recognize me—we’d never actually met in person, and I now barely resembled my old school ID photo—but I didn’t want to risk it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But she reads on, and I risk another glance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Now, wait here. You can't be sure, and I don't take any risks." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

No one had a right to take such frightful risks with his fife. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

An overseer like Thomas needed to be so terrifying that the slaves who worked for him would never risk either fighting against him or running away. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The guy who risked his life with the spider for you. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love the way you can be exhausted and sweaty and running with nine other guys, and yet, at the risk of sounding overly Zen, you are still so wonderfully alone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In the swamp we ran past people who were stuck in the mud, past handicapped people who couldn’t be helped, for anyone who stopped to do so was risking his own life. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He fought for every ball, and didn’t hesitate to put his body at risk if he thought he could gain an advantage. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

None of us would risk being sent there for something as stupid as a graduation-day brawl. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The FBI, in particular, was eager to take action and make a splash, even at the risk of giving the game away. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sissy convinced him that not all the brave men were in trenches—that many a hero was risking his life daily for his country in a munitions factory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are we going to hide up here? There’s no furniture. We can’t risk going downstairs again.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t want to risk your position over a friendship you have no business making. That’s all I’m saying.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a risk in their minds, just a skinny light crew kid recovering from sickness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She said she couldn’t pass up an invitation from Og himself, despite the obvious risks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He’d have to dive down and risk not making it back up. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was sympathetic to my dilemma, acknowledged the risks I would be taking if I played, but in his opinion thought that I should go ahead and play because the advantages outweighed the risks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had risked everything to help end the American war in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“But men who go out and risk their lives every day would like a little more respect.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t risk taking a gun for these nocturnal excursions, and my sickles were only so fast. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Despite the risk I took in getting the backpack, I know now it was the right choice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t treacherous by any means, but I had to unsaddle him and carry everything across rather than risk it getting wet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Never a good idea, but I risked it, slid out beyond the safety circle, caught the shot, and dove, shoulder first, into the guys face mask, taking him out like a linebacker. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was a serious problem, but the expedition couldn’t risk stopping and building new ones. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He added that Congress remained free to impose federal oversight on states where voting rights were at risk, but must do so on the basis of current conditions. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided, therefore, that I had better not risk it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real risk had been in whether or not someone as honest as Matthias could convincingly lie to his mentor’s face. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I earned thirteen dollars a week and I had to support four people with it, and should I risk that thirteen dollars by acting idealistically? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It'd be nice to cook them, but neither of us wants to risk a fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My part was the smaller one, though I was the engine of the play’s moral, which was that men who take great risks often suffer great consequences. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Forest Biology Division agreed to modify the spraying program in every possible way short of destroying its effectiveness, in order to reduce risks to the fish. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Odin had been willing to risk his life to get there. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I now knew it was grounds for expulsion, and I couldn’t risk that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t want me getting all wet and risking a fever, so I stayed out of school and in the house. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

We run the risk of winning isolated battles but losing the larger war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even inside it, the agents seemed happiest if we took the elevator instead of the stairs, to minimize the risk of a stumble. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He’s offering himself to me, his services, at some risk to himself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he walked in every week to Vincent’s bank to deposit money into his account was something Vincent would not risk losing entirely. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a risk, but he didn’t have any other choices. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They shouldn’t be here, but taking risks is the name of the game today and I’m playing it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to risk buying one that didn’t have the one word she needed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was intimidated by the prospect of facing the apes, I was far more willing to risk my life with them than with the kata-kata. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The risks are too high,” Goldbuttons said in a shaky voice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want anybody he loved taking a risk for him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I feel ready—as I wasn’t before—to risk the truth. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Should she scale the cargo containers to check her position or risk what might be waiting for her on the other side? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Do you want to take that risk? it asked, its voice soft inside her skull. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

If you drew too much heat, you bore a certain risk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She will stand out no matter how she fares, which is a calculated risk. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Asked his opinion of what the trial had accomplished, Ellsberg gave an answer that applied to everything he’d done—everything he’d risked—since his decision to begin copying the Pentagon Papers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Not one of them was willing to take a small risk in order to be free. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards seemed befuddled, but they could hardly consider these vivacious young girls a security risk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The quality of the care concerned them; they thought I was at risk for infection. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had risked his world, and now it was walking away from him, hand in hand with a ruffian prince. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They sold the items at twice the regular price, but the trip seemed worth the risk and expense. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

With emotions running high, the packing company owners and the governor agreed that the potential for reignited violence was too great to risk throwing the races together. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They would let him risk whatever he wanted. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don't think they'll return, but I don't want to risk it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Take risks in their domain that others fear making. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Well, now I've been trying to look through myself, and there's a risk in it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only risk was that somebody had come along and stolen them or made off with the goods. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could not dress more than twenty ships abreast, lest they risk tangling their oars and colliding with each other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That was a risk they had never dreamt of in their philosophy. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If tissue samples—including blood cells—became patients’ property, researchers taking them without getting consent and property rights up front would risk being charged with theft. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The reward of gaining a mistress was evidently outweighed by the risk of having your wife discover your personal ad. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t cotton to the idea that whitefolks could be talked to at all without risking one’s life. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Court deemed the risk of racial bias in Georgia’s capital sentencing scheme “constitutionally acceptable.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But the risk of being able to win over anyone, he found himself thinking, was that you might pick the wrong people. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I could help John, Eden, and my mother escape right now, and risk running into the plague patrols or street police. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Even if we could have carried the deceit off successfully at the Globe, we dared not risk it under the very nose of the queen. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Moss left the door open, unwilling to risk the sound it might cause if he shut it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Fletcher had undertaken a great risk for them, even when the situation grew more complicated than he had bargained. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He was being so stubborn, but Anya wasn’t about to let him risk his life. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

So instead of risking her life and making major money as a mercenary, she slowed heartbeats, eased breathing, relaxed muscles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

This was the practical thing to do, he hinted, to imprison the man rather than risk the anger of Haitians who were starting to lose confidence in Captain Carroll’s leadership. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was safer to turn out an uneducated Ph.D. than to risk another explosion. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Once Clarkson realized that every second of every day human lives were being destroyed and he was letting it happen, he changed the course of his life—risking everything to abolish this terrible practice. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was so tired of answering that question that I wished I had risked going out to buy a long dress. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

This kind of management system clearly has its risks. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He had been at his wits’ end, with no reply to Bigwig’s scornful impatience except his readiness to risk his own life in company with Fiver and Pipkin. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now she was very conscious that she ought to have prevented them.—She felt that she had been risking her friend’s happiness on most insufficient grounds. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He had run the gauntlet of flames, risked his life several times in a futile effort to locate his young nieces and nephew, and barely managed to escape. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’re starting to realize that maybe it’s a risk we have to be willing to accept if we really want to get out of here and aren’t just pretending at escape. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of risking another plunge, Frankie picked up a board leaning against the roof's low wall and positioned it over the gap. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was close with both his son and Princess Nehemia; would appointing her somehow be a risk? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Gotta be a decision maker, know the right amount of risk to take. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to lie to her, but at the same time I couldn’t risk telling her too much. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But no one was going to risk anything for a pair of Hazara servants.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the risk of hookworm, she removes her shoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opening it was to risk breaking it in pieces. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He also hated swearing, and other players in the locker room figured it was better to abide by his wishes rather than run the risk of messing with him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One could make a strong case that no single person has made as much of a difference when it comes to sending the message about the risks of texting and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Many people in the village are risking their lives to steal corn from the nearby fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a good plan except for that one risk: he must confide in Heqet. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

While Mr. Griswold had been in a coma, there had been a security breach at the hospital, and people feared his life was still at risk, so he had been secretly relocated. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I could hardly believe that she would take such a risk for a mere pot, but going back for it gave her one more moment to survey her kitchen and what had been our home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Think not upon the risks, but the rewards,” suggested the mayor. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Guardians would not want to take the risk of looking inside, searching, doubting their authority. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making this happen will involve taking risks, particularly a willingness to change our attitudes and actions. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Washburn is risking his life to help my family as well as my suffering country. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

After the rest of his family left, he risked sneaking over and turning the radio on low. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

To tell them was to risk the unthinkable: it was to risk learning that they already knew. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I was far too big a coward to risk getting caught. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was almost unthinkable, but Jesse and Eric, at great expense, risk, and trouble, had re-created the look and feel of the Cave. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The virtue of such a coarse logarithmic safety scale is that it provides us, and particularly the media, with an order-of-magnitude estimate of the risks associated with various activities, illnesses, and procedures. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have learned a lot more since my first foray into Hollow Hall, enough to make me understand better the risks I was taking. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"It would be safer to leave the Ares 4 crew in Hermes and only send the pilot down with the MDV. But that would mean giving up the mission, and they'd rather risk death." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Olinski said, "By the time they get to sixth grade, honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They—the kings with the tank-like knights of their nobility —were prepared to take a sporting risk. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was too much invested in the World’s Fair to risk poor publicity. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t risk Mr. Turner catching him hanging around the girls’ room as though he was some kind of pervert or something. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He risked a sweep of the bank with the flashlight. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel, a poor horseman, never risked his dignity on her when he went out with his troops. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we didn’t have a colored woman to walk with us, my mom would risk walking me on her own. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I risked a look over my shoulder and saw a policeman coming. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Three miles over the Pennsylvania border they risked a visit to the cottage of a colored farmer. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Who would risk the Commandant's wrath to save a slave's life, even for a fat purse? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nor can I risk getting up and walking anywhere, without the Commander. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems like a huge risk to take to only get a few kids.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, it might plug the leak, Grandpa. I don’t know. But I think it’d ruin the radiator. We can risk it, sir, if you willin’ to buy a new radiator. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Every choice had its risks, every choice its consequences. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As a medical doctor, Regina knew more about the risks than he did, but Bobby was afraid of a foreign object being implanted in his mother’s body and what it might do to her. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for this, and for the risks you’re taking. Sorry if it puts you in any danger. Is helping us on the inside like this part of your special orders, or whatever?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’d decided to only dye my bangs, since I knew I’d have to color my hair again after the weekend or risk being in violation of the dress code. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She was willing to risk the awkwardness of arriving to school her senior year with a brand-new facial feature. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sammy was inside washing his hands and face, giggling, but Dicey didn’t want to risk hanging around any longer than she had to. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to raise one’s hopes is to risk their falling further. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And then there was the clasp of the key ring to wrestle with, and the perpetual risk of the hail, which for a Gallivespian was deadly: blocks of ice as big as his two fists. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Randolph thought it worth the risk, and they had compromised by having Mr. Randolph move in, so Trotter could keep a close eye on him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Noticing that his feet were swinging only a few inches from the floor, he decided to risk the jump. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here were women, all of them under thirty and some as young as sixteen, who were building nonprofits, training other women to be entrepreneurs, and risking imprisonment to report on government corruption. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We have no choice. We have to take the risk of talking to newspaper people. Who is going to feed us and put a roof over our heads if I don’t get my job back?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s so skinny and dirty that he’s putting himself at risk for typhoid, which is rampant in the community. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And although I know I’m risking another brand on my forehead or worse, I say, “Excuse me, but I don’t believe those two fictional characters ever met.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Why would Max risk that white tide of hate to help him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But on this particular Friday afternoon, January 22, 1965, Selma’s black schoolteachers were about to risk their jobs, their freedom and their personal safety. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those times Tobias scolded me for risking my life, I never took him seriously. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is interesting, in that light, to note that the outsider’s invective is typically more stern and solemn: an insider, more comfortable reading the audience’s social codes, can risk a joke. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We managed to make it past all the superficial labels like “at risk,” or “below average”; even the ones that were put on Ms. Gruwell, like “too young and too white.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He entered the house wearing a grungy white T-shirt and gray slacks with red-and-blue suspenders, though his pants didn’t seem to be at any risk of sliding off. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And because he understands, he’s willing to risk good men to give me a clean shot in the head. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t risk putting a child through what she had experienced. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Neither you nor Peeta were told. We couldn’t risk it,” says Plutarch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I took a risk getting you here,” the driver says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I found out we were at the storm’s edge, never near its heart, where the Coast Guard was risking lives to save ours. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I didn’t want to run the risk of seeing my folks. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it stops you from swerving, from ever even considering a swerve, because what you risk losing in terms of other people’s high regard can feel too costly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t risk the chaos that her first marriage had wrought. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He did not risk his life in vain. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

For cystic fibrosis patients, cross-infection from certain bacteria strains is a huge risk. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t risk a fire, so they ate the hot dogs uncooked. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

This disappointed some of my colleagues, but I thought the issue was serious enough to risk their displeasure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you’re right, Judith. When I ride down Hartford way tomorrow I’ll take a good look at that house. Of course, you never know whether to risk a new style like that.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

After all, he has risked getting into a lot of trouble to show us the naughty face of the Island. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

No one knew where these documents were; and no one was willing to risk his or her life wandering through the infected city in search of them. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Quinn’s lips tightened slightly, “This call is shielded—thoroughly. I’m making it at a certain personal risk.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

My friend was also stressed-out from a long week of hospital work, and from trying to figure out what unusual risk factors might have brought on the strange illness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The risks of cutting into the abdomen or chest were great, and he appeared to be recovering. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt that stepping outside my black cocoon was a huge risk. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I like the idea of keeping my world in these little compartments where there is no risk of collision. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Did you risk death for Jesus’s name at this talent show?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Was it because, having been in the arena, he knew it was better than risking the alternative? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We risked our lives so you could stay!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It is the public that is being asked to assume the risks that the insect controllers calculate. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“And for what? To live a dream of freedom and prosperity? Pah. They would be ashamed of us. What is it to defy the Devlin mine to those who have risked everything?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hollow was so well sheltered that he had even risked lighting a fire the previous night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t drunk any water from outside the sanctuary, and hoped I wouldn’t have to ever risk it; so far the fruit we were eating was juicy enough that my thirst hadn’t become too nagging. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was not going to risk that again. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But—if there was a threat like that, then not only her life was at risk. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As former US vice president Al Gore has stated, “The survival of the United States of America as we know it is at risk. And even more...the future of human civilization is at stake.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

We would rather run the risk of confusing them while at least appearing to be sophisticated than take a chance at belaboring the obvious while striking them as naive or condescending. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Powell, fiercely loyal to Booth, ignored the risk and agreed to proceed with the plan. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you procured a small annoying boy to replace her. So I see no point risking further half- bloods on a ridiculous rescue. The possibility is very great that this Annie girl is dead.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There is thus comparatively little risk, but also little adventure, in their handiwork, which as a consequence tends to become routine. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going. Can’t risk the time,” I said, but I was talking to dead air. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I risked a look behind me and saw the soldier following and closing distance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I did. I didn’t want to take a risk.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I was a rebellious little girl in my own quiet way, but I wasn’t so rebellious that I wanted to risk my own life or anybody else’s life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had risked everything on this political adventure. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mr. Robinson was struggling and risking his safety for his equality, there must be many other people up North doing the same thing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“These senators don’t seem to think it’s worth the risk,” she said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was on the point of risking Mr. Rochester’s displeasure by disobeying his orders, when the light once more gleamed dimly on the gallery wall, and I heard his unshod feet tread the matting. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gender and race are not irrelevant considerations when it comes to heart problems; blacks have a different overall risk profile than whites, and women tend to have heart attacks much later in life than men. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"I did not want to risk two wires for a spark. It would be dangerous to us if we had static while setting up." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might scuff a hoof kicking someone in the skull, but otherwise she risked no real danger. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Students in the audience lean forward, absorbed, maybe asking themselves if they would have taken such risks, and wondering how they would have held up under such pressure. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“One hundred and thirty on the risk they bring it, plus this here as an early payment, the risk in exchange for getting this March instead of us waiting on all of it ’til June? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The fact that I was unable to interpret it did not bother me. It was certainly better to imagine myself becoming famous than maturing into a stifled academic who had never risked a thought.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Not you. He was investigating Ethan and the community project at the mission. Making sure the risk factor was minimal.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The other two men on the diplomatic commission were Deane and Arthur Lee, who, as a lawyer in London, had spied, at great risk, for the Patriots. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to go alone among a crowd of suspicious strangers, but what he stood to gain from this risk it was impossible to guess. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in emergency situations, a coast guard helicopter crew risks their own lives to save the passengers of a sinking ship. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Probably the newcomer is armed, but I’m betting she won’t risk letting me hear the click that would mean my death was imminent, knowing I would instantly kill her companion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was so absorbed with the problem of keeping the astronauts safe on their round trip to the Moon that she was making herself vulnerable to the most mundane kind of risk. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As in: Hypertension can affect all types of people, but you have a higher risk if someone in your family has had the disease. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He moved along the hedge, feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say, “Thanks for risking your life to save mine,” but I didn’t know how it would sound to the others. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There's no reason to take any more risks. We've got enough money for now.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

People who performed great acts of physical, moral, or spiritual courage, often risking their lives or livelihoods. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be the risk of trouble at home while they were away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, she decided not to run the risk of letting it have a second dose, and moved down the line to the next bottle. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. Look for it. Now Magdalys, Mapper, you head out in the morning after breakfast. Be extra careful and no unnecessary risks. Understood?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“A man grown, who freely chose to risk his life for gold and glory. No children die today in Daznak’s, as my gentle queen in her wisdom has decreed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Most significantly, there are many who are still willing to risk whatever medical consequences might occur by refusing to be vaccinated in order to preserve their personal liberty. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“I know. That’s why I don’t want you to risk it. We need the ones like you.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A girl ran every risk of being killed if she confessed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You see? Imagine a man his age risking what little life he has left for something so absurd as a country.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. But it’s a risk most of us are prepared to take.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Dad had a cold and was sneezing every two minutes, so I told them they should stand in the back, that Dad was a health risk to the entire town. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Of course, the more she wandered the station, the more likely she’d be seen, but it was worth the risk to confound the DNA detectors and send her pursuers on a wild-goose chase. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Jean de Satigny was looking for a partner to put up the capital, the work, and the stock houses; someone who would run all the risks and divide the profits fifty-fifty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t risk a lawsuit brought by an offended organization. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

The presence of peers is one of the things that raises the emotional stakes, making it more likely that teens will seek out risk and short-term reward without pausing to consider the consequences. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course. For risking your life to stop that Nazi assassin. It was a very noble thing to do.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Yesterday they had been two to one, meaning I would have had to risk two pennies for the chance to win one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At least from the outside, it seemed he was grasping for an option that avoided the risk of a longer sentence, and the lifelong stigma of conviction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her first reaction was of anger, shocked at the risk I took, but over the following days her posture improved and her voice carried a lilt of happiness. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Tough work for a slip of a lass—are you willing to risk it, Kittyhawk?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But to get there you risked treachery by the very ground you walked on. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I may do stupid things, I may risk getting busted after curfew to see my boyfriend, but I’m not dumb enough to send a regular text. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Two score of her bravest had risked themselves trying to capture him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That just means you can walk up six flights of stairs without risking a heart attack. Where’d you pick that up?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

With whole regions of the country’s interior seemingly on the edge of revolt throughout Ptolemaic history, it is likely that Greekspeaking travelers faced similar risks in Eratosthenes’ time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s a big risk for them. They might lose their jobs, maybe their families, if they got stuck on the wrong side of the border. Or their lives if they ended up back in Syria.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only once did he risk a quick glance, not certain if the dark spot on the ground might be Methuselah watching them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

However, he wrote: Unless Reggie were to admit that he knew about the risks of texting while driving, he would be difficult to convict. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He risked the whipping post to come back and help me. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The thought flitted through Winston’s mind that it would probably be quite easy to rent the room for a few dollars a week, if he dared to take the risk. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Hoover's FBI men stealthily scoured the nation for Soviet spies; the FBI director was not eager to risk tipping off his suspects by exposing Bentley as a defector. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was painfully conscious of the risk he had taken in coming here. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

No risk to me; all I have to do is walk in and laser him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He risked his life to be with us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The horse needed the work badly, but the track was just too muddy to risk it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, raids are initiated by ambush or by superior force, so as to minimize at all costs the risk that one might die for one’s village. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

To find employers who will put up with the prickliness of newcomers from the North, the Ministry of Unification pays companies up to eighteen hundred dollars a year if they risk hiring a defector. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Here was somebody who had brought the art of skulduggery to the highest point of perfection, somebody, moreover, who was willing to risk life and limb in pursuit of her calling. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

For tens of thousands of workers, particularly those who had risked their lives by fighting to save democracy in the Great War, it was a bitter blow. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, I hear the bathroom door, and I risk creeping out of bed. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Only once I was past the nursery did I risk looking back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Burden and privilege are shared out pretty equally; everybody has the same risk to run or choice to make. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mortals and demigods came here at their own risk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They could not abandon their houses, fields and granaries without grave risk of loss. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nyaokorefu, if it’s any consolation, I’m taking as big a risk as you. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than depending on just a few crops that could fail, they minimized risk by developing an economy based on a great variety of wild foods, not all of which were likely to fail simultaneously. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I step out of my front door, I’m faced with the risk of being shot. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The true believer has faith that everything will be fine and they’ll be saved and go to heaven, which kind of makes adventure less of an adventure. But I’ll risk it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But she had run risks before, plenty of them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most Negroes cannot risk assuming that the humanity of white people is more real to them than their color. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

With the country in upheaval, waiting would have meant putting their children's lives at risk—a gamble they weren't willing to take. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Something like Mirjam risking her life for a relationship whose only evidence so far is a cryptic note, a dusty trail on jar lids, and some flowers Mina says Mirjam once received at school? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But did he know of the risks, and should he have known of the risks? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you should encourage him to live within the confines of our rules, lest he risk his place on this campus.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You are useful and thus too valuable to put yourself at risk for one who no longer is.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now, it might be completely true that the risks of texting and driving are inherently risky. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In any case, I can’t risk looking backwards, it’s always a bad idea. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will take no more risks. I have found a woman here—a good woman. She keeps me warm at night, and she carries no dreams in her heart. She is safe.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, Hugo has a laptop in his room—since it’s the weekend and a school computer isn’t an option, I am going to risk checking in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Jack knew that the year before, when Germany had forcibly expelled many Jewish citizens, dumping them in a no-man’s-land between Germany and Poland, Papa had helped them, putting himself at great risk. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would be warmer if I sat near the fire with the others but I couldn’t risk it. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And if she hadn’t seen the Master tipping that powder into the wine, she might have risked the Steward’s anger, or hoped to avoid being noticed in the busy corridor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As Simitian stood at the podium, reading the document, trying to reconcile the company’s clear recognition of the risks with its opposition to law, he said: “I am at an absolute loss.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Do not keep your knowledge from us. If you stay silent, our lives are risked for no purpose.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to risk them sending you back on a technicality, even for a few weeks, but there’s no reason Grace can’t come to our house.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I wish Miss Skeeter could a put her name on it, but it was just too much of a risk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We’d lost so much already, who was he to tell us how to risk what was left? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The risks—to our students, to our schools, to our town’s reputation—are too great if we stand aside and say nothing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You run a grave risk, my boy," said the magician, “of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted." The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And with regard to your brother, there are places darker and more terrible than Kurnugi. Those are the risks you'll be taking." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to risk it and so will I,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

At great personal risk, many Indian leaders attended the conference even after they knew that influenza was in Montreal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now that the capital was at risk, the army planned a counterattack. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was worth the risk, every bit of it. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There was practically no risk involved, unlike here, where all the answers seem to be painful ones. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After he’d learned his own way around, it would be up to him to take risks for himself—if he wanted to make mote and quicker money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if they gave him 130 or fewer pounds, they risked the ire of rival horsemen and the excoriation of journalists. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They first had to carefully weigh all the difficulties and risks, though Miep was ready to set off immediately with me in tow. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She’d just risked her life because the idiot asked her to, and he was calling her heavy? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My desperate desire to leave South Africa led me to start taking risks, to allow people to use me to my advantage. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paused, torn: Head straight back to safety, or risk a detour to the nursery? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a bloody week you’ve been here! You think I wouldn’t risk my life in a second to save those lugs?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But that kind of risk didn’t discourage Roosevelt—it made him want to go even more. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to risk me clamming back up. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She could risk staying in the city for another day or two, and then she would have to go back to Tanaburi. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Others protect migrants from the police, often at great risk, since they can be accused of immigrant smuggling. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly understanding what he was risking, he felt deeply shaken. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Soviets had taken no risks: The trench was designed to keep the CIA away. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he did not want to risk trying to make it flare into flame now, not with this trial and the words of hate from Buckley. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the “low fear” version, the language describing the risks of tetanus was toned down, and the photographs were omitted. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’m slapped with the realization of what I’ve done—the ridiculous risk I’ve asked him to take by coming here. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Many risk factors for chronic diseases are now more common among the less educated than the better educated. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Their mother held firm; and as it would be unreasonable to expect a girl to take risks with her complexion, the matter was settled, except that Theresa refused to walk anywhere. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything’s a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It’s up to you.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But that would mean telling her everything, and she just couldn’t risk that. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Winning was easy and addictive; the more she won, the more she felt she couldn’t risk failing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I know he could be useful. I saw that from the start. I’m just angry with myself for putting him at risk.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"In my 'at risk' afternoon program we had a whole session on seeking permission for community projects." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It was his mother, not his father, who had put his life at risk by plotting an escape when he was thirteen. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t rush the stage and risk exposure. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t just let you hang there, so I took a risk. Come on, time to get their flag.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Except for one small risk, he found it flawless. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to pretend that isn’t a risk, because it is. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a couple in Virginia who’d been convicted of a crime for marrying, and your G’pop wasn’t willing to take the risk of marrying in secret,” she says. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Artemis would not risk causing brain damage to his meal ticket, nor could he afford to reveal the Book as the source of his information. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I know I said I wouldn’t take any more risks, and I hate lying to my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Occasionally find things that excite and motivate them and will take risks when others in power support them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The longer that Shelly was away from the bar, the greater the risk that Dusty or one of his goons would go searching for her. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I just know different risks than the ones you know.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I decided to take the risk of talking freely, candidly, about the racial issue. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was brave, too, of course; she was taking a big risk being there. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

With outside visitors, the situation was even more dangerous, because the risks were also borne by the visitor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"One part in twenty, or thereabouts. You never know until you try, but the risk is"—his face dropped—"if you dilute it too much, it's basically just scented water." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was the kind of man who worked hard, enjoyed circumventing risks, and avoided the limelight. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don't dare leave the jacket, scorched and smoldering as it is, I take the risk of shoving it in my sleeping bag, hoping the lack of air will quell what I haven't extinguished. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ken understood that no level of preparation could eliminate the risk of an operation under such extreme conditions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Well, this village was no Winterfell, but those thatched roofs promised warmth and shelter and maybe even food, if they were bold enough to risk them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“No. I wanted you to know how special you are. “Special or not, you shouldn’t have risked your job for me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Isolated but vivid tragedies involving a few people should not blind us to the fact that myriad prosaic activities may involve a much higher degree of risk. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, I thought, I might have to ask for credit and I'll have to appear a good risk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other bellboys were taking these risks, and I fell in. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never fret, Amelia. Our Lyddie loves money too much to risk trouble.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

According to this hypothesis, drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol puts people at risk of drinking too much and becoming alcoholics. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Galleries are understaffed, and the officers on them, surrounded by inmates all day, are put at risk and run ragged. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it had happened to him, these people had witnessed it, and they still wanted to risk their own safety, all for some idea. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His life descended into a nightmare of drug dependency and chaos, complete with the growing risk of death by overdose. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was tempted to pull out his phone to scroll through his texts again, but he didn’t want to risk Mrs. Torrance’s ire. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had risked part of her fellowship money to sing before an audience that knew the words of most German lieder by heart, and she worried that few people would even bother to show up. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“We cannot risk opposing the mine. There will be consequences.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Combined, the risks meant the operation could kill me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You asked me about trust, and taking a risk? Well, here you go, son of Jupiter. How much do you trust me?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It may have been silly, but Shasta felt he had rather risk the wild beasts. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to have to risk it. Just let me know when you’re doing something that could send things flying. Okay?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Yet at so fearful a risk the farmers, with none to hinder them, waged their needless war on blackbirds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Often, migrants abandon an injured member of their group rather than risk being caught by the authorities. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We know that to criticize Mobutu, even in private, is to risk having your head cracked open like a nut, which naturally would discourage one’s hopes entirely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when they deviated from meticulous routine did they run the risk of losing something. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now it was risk filling up his nose and mouth, making him feel giddy and invincible. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’d sit in fear, knowing that any minute she would start spraying, and there would be the risk of her spittle landing on my cheek. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

If you haven’t been charged with a crime, are you willing to risk the possibility that fighting the forfeiture might prompt the government to file criminal charges against you? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He found out the next day, when he risked a dash to Jen's house as soon as Jen answered his signal. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

But with my article out in the world, I’ve made the risks a lot higher. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Why should I risk getting into trouble just to help her out?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At the corner, he risked a glance over his shoulder. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Cole is a risk to our children and to our community,” another person in the Circle said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When he was a young man, our beloved leader, Chairman Mao, had risked his life to go to the mines of Anyuan by himself to establish a revolutionary base there. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workmen who had risked their lives building the wheel now risked them again and climbed aboard the moving frame. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Although it’s a freighter, so it’s used to carrying heavy cargo. But definitely way more people than should be on that ship. I guess they’d rather risk sinking than get on a Chinese boat.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the day, I risked a peek at my mother's house. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

There was no need to risk going any closer. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I can live with the risk,” replied Capricorn, unimpressed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know if they supported this plan, which risked escalating tensions with the Soviet Union and China. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She must have really believed in what she was doing to take that risk. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It would mean going off the path, which meant risking traps, not to mention serious trouble. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Afraid to risk eating or sleeping in the house, he emptied the rice into a plastic bag and spooned in some soybean paste he found on a shelf. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The practice of encouraging defendants to plead guilty to crimes, rather than affording them the benefit of a full trial, has always carried its risks and downsides. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

None of the three superstates ever attempts any maneuver which involves the risk of serious defeat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I hand him the helmet, which he’s refusing, but there’s no way in hell I’m more at risk than he is. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

While Mr. Griswold had been in a coma, there had been a security breach at the hospital, and people feared his life was still at risk, so he had been secretly relocated. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But these precious relationships seem tender, vulnerable, at the risk of disappearing with one wrong word from my mouth. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the adults, with good reason, were afraid to risk the little they had worked so hard to gain. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What a risk to ask her sister to take! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all the risk I’d taken, risking Mother finding out about her coming down here once or twice a year sometimes, and me having to tell Mother lies about it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d run the same risk anywhere in the room—same risk you run from your seat, Burke. It’s not worth worrying about.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Why do you want to put yourself at risk? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The season came round, and off they went to the meet in splendid armour which reduced the risk of injury to a foxhunter’s minimum. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night was falling quickly, but no one wanted to risk another close call like the one they’d had that morning. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

She was curious what they thought she was at risk for. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The nephew was crouching beside his uncle now, trying to protect him from further onslaughts—without risking his life by hitting the Lombard back. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

What made her a rebel willing to challenge law and custom and risk scorn and rejection to take a stand for women’s right to vote? Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But with the dress and the radio, she didn’t want to risk angering him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know how many more Congs were hiding in the huts, half buried under furniture or mats, but he wasn’t going to risk any of us to find out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, there is a risk with staying this far north. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

If it all depends on her, could they risk letting her live? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

By working and reworking, and by keeping the knife sharp on a smooth stone, she managed to score a line deep enough for her to risk snapping the sheet. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The physicist is angry about me taking this step with "such an incomplete assessment of the variables and the risk factors." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to risk his hearing my name and announcing, “That kid’s handicapped! He needs an IEP!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care to risk having Sister Irma taken away from me. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wonder what Maman would do: risk her arcana to help her country and queen, or refuse. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Why would they let an escape risk have the run of the place? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone, except the foreigners, was willing to risk half his personal fortune in the endeavor, but only old Trueba was also willing to give his life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the commander was not prepared to risk a computer crash in the middle of an alert, and so doused his cigar in the coffee cup of a passing gremlin. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I got a drink and risked scoffing the last Penguin biscuit 'cause there was nothing else in the tin but Ginger Nuts and Lemon Puffs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The hitch was we couldn't buy from the same supplier because, as Rik revealed, they had paid the Moroccans in counterfeit American cash and didn't want to risk dealing with them again. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

At night lovers sneaked in, but he never went there at night—he required light, and he was not going to risk lighting a candle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“You can indulge in any number of pleasant vices with a freemartin and run no risks of having your eyes put out by your son’s mistress. ‘The wheel has come full circle; I am here.’ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You always knew this job involved some risks. Why are you pulling me out now? You’re too afraid of seeing me hurt?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Only after that, because of the high risk of explosion, were you to shoot into the engine cowling. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

People working directly for the White House, Krogh explained, could not risk getting caught in a break-in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If I told him the truth, I would risk implicating myself in Mr. Whitby’s shooting. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In addition to several thousand Americans still in Vietnam, there were at least a hundred thousand “at risk” Vietnamese who had worked closely with the Americans. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was more than ready to risk it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Also, every ‘good’ human being is supposed to love others as himself, protect his fellow man, risk his life to save another. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She isn’t going to risk her daughter’s safety for me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was worried about the risk he was taking, but supported his decision to expose the study. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was no use risking theft or discovery because of a few pinpoints of light reflected in an abandoned window. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In general, I understood that it was better for all of us not to acknowledge the hate or dwell on the risk, even when others felt compelled to bring it up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could die on the operating table, a risk with all surgery. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“The wise dealer never risks getting caught in possession.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even though she would not have food for herself and she risked getting killed by the Nazis, she didn’t care, because she saw that Anne needed help and she could not deny a friend. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“At the risk of sounding like Raymond Andrews, it’s not likely. Not impossible, but hardly likely.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think we can risk it, Fiver?” he asked. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By spreading relatively moderate losses among many big companies, North Korea concealed how bad a risk it was. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

For someone so active in the labor movement, Raizel surely knew the risk we were taking just by coming here. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But as her father said, sometimes you had to take a calculated risk in order to earn the payoff. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The risk might cost me, infuriate Du Barry further, but if it allows me to stand out from my sisters, the gamble will be worth it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This was not an easy case, with little if no precedent and a potential defendant in Reggie who may well not have known the risks of his behavior. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Questions of risk and decision making particularly intrigued him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Dumbledore usually let me find out stuff for myself. He let me try my strength, take risks. This feels like the kind of thing he’d do.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Atzerodt’s reluctance to kill Johnson put the whole plot at risk. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had he risked his life for a few headshots and clippings? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

As far as he could tell, they had the building all to themselves, but that didn’t mean someone wasn’t lurking in the stairwell, and he couldn’t risk letting Julie go up by herself. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing so absurd about risking your life for your country!” he declared. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Like, seriously, I have to breathe through my nose or risk swallowing fumes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Before he had taken risks only with Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they depend on their own resources and can use force, then only seldom do they run the risk of grave danger. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was on Shreddie number three, and the radio weather forecast was saying it was set fair but with a risk of showers in the southeast. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had risked their lives to do a big thing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the small blade, he avoided the risk of burning himself out and losing his form. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She could not risk letting them travel upward for fear of seeing that the hooks and eyes in the placket of the dress had come undone and exposed the custard-colored skin underneath. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the Owsla were proud of the risks they ran: and, besides, Woundwort was in the habit of going out himself to see how they were getting on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would risk anything to escape this man, to flee from the vengefulness radiating from his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously, they seek to minimize their risk of starving: moderate but reliable returns are preferable to a fluctuating lifestyle with a high time-averaged rate of return but a substantial likelihood of starving to death. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At first young Aureliano understood only the risk, the immense possibility of danger that his brother’s adventures implied, and he could not understand the fascination of the object. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You know, Picasso, I bet your mother would prefer it if you lived your life rather than risked it.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Had the rider given Blume a moment to consider the risk Pollard was taking in riding an immature colt just before a major race, Blume would not have let him go. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncertainty filled me more strongly than before and I decided to press ahead with no more blatant risks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was also a curfew: After a certain hour, blacks had to be back home in the township or risk arrest. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Why she would risk breaking the rules to look the god of love in the face, because she feared he might be a monster. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m quite ready to take risks, but only for something worth while, not for bits of old newspaper. What could you have done with it even if you had kept it?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He did not risk so much as a glance in search of Gebu, but shortly after Pai had set him working at his first task, he saw Gebu emerging from the scroll room. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And he hadn’t risked his immortal soul by killing himself. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s a horrible way to ask someone to risk their life for you. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So we need somewhere that gives us good views of the town—that allows for multiple and clear observation points — and that will, most importantly, keep us hidden, because we cannot risk being seen. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

As several of those leading the way in renewable energy have reminded us, this willingness to take risks and to commit ourselves to change are, in themselves, renewable resources. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t risk leaving footprints in the mud. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We Americans know, although others appear to forget, the risks of spreading conflict. We still seek no wider war.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After three days, much of Squad 451 risks deserting out of boredom. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She may have been play-acting the first time, I think, but this time she really did risk her life to save Captain Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She debated whether or not to risk Main Street. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Nailer decides. He’s the one to take you. He’s the one to take the risk.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he wanted to take those risks himself, not put them on Leo. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d taken a risk, but I had to try to shock him into seeing me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was one of the reasons the interest rates were so high — the moneylender ran the risk of losing his money altogether. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

No one could memorize this layout in a day—perhaps not even in a week—and yet we weren’t allowed to bring our maps inside; they were thought to be a security risk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why am I putting her at such risk? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Did you fight jihad? Did you abandon everything you had and risk your life? If not for the Mujahideen, we’d still be the Soviets’ servants, remember. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that was why Dad hadn’t wanted me to come: because he knew that by living with them, with people whose faith was less, I risked becoming like them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing how much these generous and unselfish people do, risking their own lives to help and save others. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And he was willing to take any risk to see her. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She felt that he was taking huge risks to help the United States and that the stress of his secret life was beginning to show. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first it frightened her, but she found quickly that she liked the heat and risk. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

During the Battle of Manhattan, Nico had seen him in action - the camp’s best combat medic, risking his life to save wounded campers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I’m a huge risk—a danger to myself and everyone around me, probably the only shot-down Allied airwoman outside Russia. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“He wouldn’t take that big of a risk.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“No, what you’ve seen is a draft version,” Dr. Strayer answered, referring to the paper showing a sixfold increase in crash risk. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This meant that they would cover the half mile to the outlying sheds at sunset, instead of risking the confusion of a night journey over ground that only Hazel knew. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel that there was risk involved, though he wasn’t sure how. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Do I risk my life again so that a pigboy may rob me of my prize?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But when it became clear that there was no risk of a HeLa shortage, they began sending the cells to any scientist interested in buying them, for ten dollars plus Air Express fees. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There is so much talk of “risk taking” in theater that it can lose its meaning. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But what’s undoubtedly true—what he did — he needs to do—and I’m not going to risk messing with it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t risk opening my mouth to speak of May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tom found these people cowards and, therefore, more contemptible than the desperadoes who risked their lives to hold up a train. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to risk waking the old woman fully and inciting her anger, but Ophie desperately needed to know more about Clara, and this might be her only opportunity. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

If he cut straight across those instead of following the highway, he could save a lot of time, plus reduce the risk of being caught. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This was what they had risked their lives for. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully her friends had all made it on board, but they’d have to set sail immediately or risk being overrun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If what Bunny really wanted was revenge, he could have had it easily enough and without putting himself at risk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He started to laugh, then cut himself short, apparently not wanting to risk it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

How was that more courageous than escaping your country in a rickety boat with small children and risking being eaten by sharks or getting caught and sent to prison? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was angry that she would put his life at risk for the sake of his older brother. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They were taking a big chance, since the police guard at the door or in the warehouse might hear them calling, but there was an even greater risk that the police would return. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was better not to risk offending her, better to be safe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If he often fell asleep like this, he must risk some nasty falls. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t take any unnecessary risks,” I promise, but even as I say the words, I know they are a lie. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I had to wear them so I could come here. Apparently the school was feeling sentimental enough to let me back, but not sentimental enough to risk a lawsuit.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Naomi turned to him and said in a hoarse whisper, “I don’t want you hanging around with them anymore. I can’t risk them being out and about with a—with a liar!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No matter who the villagers sided with, they risked terrible reprisals from the other side. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t. You don’t know anything about the University. About the risks involved. You think this place is a faerie land, a playground. It’s not.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They don’t know if it’s safe out there; they don’t want to risk her.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"If you go West, you risk your life." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We pointed out that they were risking their lives on a wild off-chance. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When she emerged from her coma, she was so stiff that she thought there was a danger of her limbs cracking off if she moved, so hungry that her stomach was willing to risk it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Even if Osha did not want to risk a fire, she ought to have cut them a few steaks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“And if it was willing to risk its life to take the Uncle, it might mean that the Nightbeast is getting hungrier for grown witches.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Have I risked this, made a grab at knowledge, for a mere joke? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, Percy remembered what Juno had told him: it wasn’t just this camp at risk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The risk of getting caught was half the fun of being naughty, and now the chase was on. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If they didn't come in daylight to my fire, they won't risk what could be another trap at night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t—couldn’t— understand the kind of camaraderie that forms only after you’ve all risked your lives together. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Though he himself was a Congress man, he did not intend to risk any run-ins with the Marxist government. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a risk and left him Aibileen’s number just in case, telling him I was going to visit a friend named Sarah. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t risk a migraine at this point. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I asked, so sure in my illusion that I risked making him talk, risked even making him talk about the army. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not wander into any dangerous parts of the city, nor risk my life crossing the Thames. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And while I myself did not know of anyone who had died after breaking one, it wasn’t worth the risk. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

His father said it was better to have told the guards than to have risked concealing the plan. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He could not risk sending disinformation to Moscow—he wanted this second source as a backup to Fuchs’s material. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized he was risking his father’s wrath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was a risk that Morrison might slip away, and before releasing him, Agent Burger made sure that he’d gone through a rigorous process known as Bertillonage. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The drovers they brought here to oversee the Negro patrols and fortify the border think the Negroes in your part of town should be taking all the risk to herd the dead, not them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But nobody wanted to go out and risk their lives so that Stewart could make major. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our story was clearly written on my swollen face and your cut lip—but I didn’t want to tell her the details and risk her feeling even sorrier for us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Hell, I didn’t even want her to risk herself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Broadly, the carriers argued that general education was sufficient to remind motorists about the risks of getting distracted by their devices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Extreme marginalization, as we have seen throughout world history, poses the risk of extermination. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t want to risk the post with it, and since I was coming down Boston way—” She took the parcel from his big, rough farmer fist. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

After all, Jopie and Lies risked themselves for their friend and I didn’t even have the guts to say that I wanted to sing to them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Often as not, she went to bed hungry rather than risk the stares. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Need to be prompted with monitoring on a daily basis and take risks that are small and calculated. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it’s common gossip among the slaves that the animal had to be castrated. Well, and quite right too. The Emperor is too wise to take risks.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And even now Johanna has him drawing a map on a leaf rather than risking the jungle... Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know there are risks. But think about the risks if I stay here.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Mary Anne Bell, it seemed, Vietnam had the effect of a powerful drug: that mix of unnamed terror and unnamed pleasure that comes as the needle slips in and you know you’re risking something. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, but that’s not quite even. Yours wouldn’t have been risked if it had not been for me—me and my piece of string.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Go back there? Oh, no. It’s a long way, Fiver, and what would be the good? The risk, and this fearful heat, and you’d only make yourself wretched.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In putting himself forward, he had risked everything. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There would be a risk at least of drums and shooting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope my gut isn’t wrong, because it’s not just my life I’m risking; it’s her life, too. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I risked a glance back at the window. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“That is only because I have been taught to be cautious when I don’t know all the information, and you have been taught that risks can produce great rewards.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The risk of implicating ourselves in Katz’s death was too great. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ruth would never risk a story like hers knowing the pencil case had already knocked around Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to take the greater risk. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s all a matter of risk tolerance, and in this volatile world, what other choice do I have? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In recent years, the scene was a weird mix of drunks, derelicts, and the occasional college students who showed up because the risk of getting a knife pulled on you sounded fun. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Those who flouted the rules or resisted them risked the terror of the Klan. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

As long as there is a chance that someone might be having a heart attack, why take even the smallest risk by ignoring her problem? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We had seen him clout boys when he was angry and we did not want to run that risk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Berkeley would never again face the risk of losing Ernest Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I know that any response I give runs the risk of being posted on Reverend Poole’s website within seconds. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I have a wife in America, a home, a career, and a family. Kabul is a dangerous place, you know that, and you’d have me risk everything for...” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each aircrew risked two or three of these bombing flights in a day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I risked being eaten alive, but it worked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aware of the risks involved, my mother was quick to reply, “You know about raids on shebeens, don’t you? Our pass and permit problems are enough to worry about.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I had taken a risk telling her about Rufus. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Dvorah, are you comfortable with him risking his life like that?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But as they draw closer and closer to the small town, something tells Herold not to take the risk. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Remember that the bigger the number, the smaller the risk, and that for every unit increase in the safety index, the risk declines by a factor of 10. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I now risked dying from oxygen toxicity, as the excessively high amount of oxygen threatened to burn up my nervous system, lungs, and eyes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who harmed seagulls risked the wrath of ship ghosts, for gulls were inhabited by the spirits of men who had been lost at sea in accidents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every single thing he’d done had been wrong, and his sisters’ lives were at risk because of him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Icelandic Chess Federation took a calculated risk in attempting to add strength to the argument for releasing Bobby. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Should Henry ask Myrtle out and risk her saying no, or should he not and keep his peace of mind but not learn that she would have said yes? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No suggestion that he had wasted yet another night risking his life for an ungrateful foreigner who would never be able to repay him—the Aerodrome Drop-Off Principle taken to extremes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Seeing Lidia will be a huge risk, but it’s one I want to take. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

What standing could such dedicated pacifists enjoy among veterans of the Revolution, who, as Jackson put it, “at the risk of their lives and fortunes, secured to the community their liberty and property?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was a bold guy because from that moment on he was risking his life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now they’ll only let military personnel inside due to the security risk. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is risk enough,” Taran declared, “without having to worry about a girl.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Dimple made it clear she wanted nothing more to do with me. She said I was too afraid to live life, to take risks.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

These flower prints became so popular that she and her husband decided it might be worth the financial risk to publish them. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"It's my own life at risk, and I say it's okay." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go into the bathroom for toilet paper and risk my parents seeing me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Somehow Jesse Chee knew I had to hear our language just then, though it was a risk even to whisper it. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although there was the risk of a broken engagement, it was unlikely. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the risk of talking to a few local lawyers about whether the new prosecutor might acknowledge that the conviction was unreliable and support a new trial if there was compelling new evidence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But for my part I will risk no hurt to this thing: of all the works of Sauron the only fair. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It kills me to have risked all of this for nothing. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, if this is so, one has no choice but to do all in one’s power to change that fate, and at no matter what risk—eviction, imprisonment, torture, death. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

They were in enemy territory now, a place of steep risk, the kind of fix you didn’t walk out of if you didn’t keep your wits about you. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s a wonder you’ve evaded the government for so long—but you can’t hide now, not when your own family or friends are at risk. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Others were driven to what, in retrospect, was a sort of permanent state of mourning: for our loved ones, who always seemed at risk, and for our own lives, which felt so fragile and vulnerable. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“The basic reality,” Sandman told The New York Times, “is that the risks that scare people and the risks that kill people are very different.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Since I had no penny for passage—and did not care to risk my life in another boat, in any case—I would have to find another way of crossing the river. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but aren’t they taking a big risk? I mean, they just met us.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, whoever he is, he’s about to go psycho on us. We have one option here, and the longer we wait to exercise it, the more we put ourselves at risk.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was for this that we labored and fought, risking our very lives. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a fact, he said, that there was a six-times increase in the risk of a crash. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No, the risk is too great, and we may have need of him,” said Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to risk trying to retrieve it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"She's being brave, I think. It's hard for old people to take risks. We should be proud of her. She decided to change something about her life, and she's jumping right into the deep end." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The idea of getting grounded when they were about to risk their lives was so ridiculous, Percy couldn’t help smiling. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was more than ready to risk it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Possibly he will be a security risk, now. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain tiptoed stealthily around the back of Corporal Whitcomb’s tent rather than pass the entrance and risk being seen and insulted by him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If the women could see at what risk these bits of rag are often obtained, they would be horrified. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plutarch begins to explain the drawbacks here—the dangers, the extra security, the risk of injury—but Coin cuts him off. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Many of them say we should not risk any more of our men. They say the heat and lack of water and food will defeat the Long Knives here.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He paused, and she knew he was contemplating how she might use the information against him, weighing the risk of telling her the truth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had to take part in this, or risk losing control completely. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Retrieving him would put the Collective at risk. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, trying to sail around to the other side put them at risk of being swept past the island and into the Atlantic with no landfall before Africa. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I took a big risk by interrupting, but time was running out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You believe my own Elf King will not save one of his most loyal servants. Someone who has risked life and limb for him, and seen inside the city of the goblins.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t risk him doing anything crazy,” the old man said, his voice surprisingly shaky. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"There are risks to any launch," Annie said, sidestepping the question, "but we don't anticipate problems. The weather at the Cape is clear with warm temperatures. Conditions couldn't be better." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Refusing to pay, one risked being sent back to the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"He is Drogo's son, and the crones say he will be the stallion who mounts the world. It was prophesied. Better to kill the child than to risk his fury when he grows to manhood." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I have a sure-fire plan for cheating the federal government out of six thousand dollars. We can make three thousand dollars apiece without any risk to either of us. Are you interested?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If there’s a chance I can tell the story someday of an old man’s bravery to save us, then I will take the risk trying. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They may not be remembered individually like Fannie, but throughout history many ordinary people had the courage to risk their lives to fight a system they believed was unjust. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Looking up at my grandpa, I realize that he tried everything to help his friends, even risking death and taking a brutal beating. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

What I’m suggesting is a kind of Richter scale which the media could use as a shorthand for indicating degrees of risk. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To proceed was to risk encountering the men from whom I'd just escaped. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had no family — no family who would turn up to see him risk his life, anyway. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dared he face the risk of being humiliated by a contemptuous refusal? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Make as good a time as you can, but take no foolish risks. You have an old man and a suckling babe with you. See that you keep them warm and well fed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Unwilling to risk a trial and years of imprisonment, you are sentenced to ten years’ probation and ordered to pay $1,000 in fines, as well as court and probation costs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon I felt brave enough to risk exploring on my own. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Since we couldn’t risk the road, everyone stayed overnight in the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I risked glancing upward, and true enough, Sumac was flying toward us. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

My family might never have become silk farmers if it hadn’t been for the Emperor Justinian, who, according to Procopius, persuaded two missionaries to risk it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But someone else he knows must, someone he cares enough about to risk his fife for. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I can't risk someone coming around the corner and finding me here in tears. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I did not want to get in front of the class and risk being laughed at because of my Mexican pronunciation. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Why would he risk all that to burn his girlfriend? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I never saw the police before that, because we could never risk the police seeing me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“The mahalath. Of course. So you were one who took the risk.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“And this little girl risked her own life, over and over again, to save it.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mark couldn’t believe how these goons were risking burning the whole forest down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They believed his hunger for publicity made him a security risk. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"The ones you need are hard to find ... so young, to know their letters . . . perhaps older . . . not die so easy : . "No. The younger are safer . . . treat them gently ..." "... if they kept their tongues . . ." ". . . the risk . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Everybody fighting to hold on to something precious, at risk of losing it forever. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The law says the penalty is harsher if someone should have known of the risks and harsher still—manslaughter—if the person does know the risks and wantonly disregards them. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I can't risk heading in what feels like the wrong direction. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Booth weighed the risk of capture against his desire for food and rest. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This at the cost to myself, my family; and at the risk of losing my life, my honor, and my property. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But I was a man, and all I had risked was a bruised ego. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I risked annoying her, but I wanted her opinion. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Today, no scientist would dream of publishing a person’s name with any of their genetic information, because we know how much can be deduced from DNA, including the risks of developing certain diseases. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“That is true, Ancient. I will not risk it.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Much later, Jelliman risked his own life and livelihood in a courageous attempt to help me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d offer good suggestions and encourage me to take some risks. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We know someone with a lot of cows has worked hard, taken risks, brought his cows to where there is grass and water. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m afraid that Claire and Matthew Fox will discover that the new, improved Jenna doesn’t add up to three babies at all and never did and everything they risked was for nothing. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I could give them the chance to move me a bit closer to normal, risks, rewards, and all. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I will not say what he calls me. If you and I were the hostages, would he risk his skin for us?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She reminds me of Patti Smith, of those moments when we risk everything because we have nothing to lose. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were risking their lives because they thought he was the warrior. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Failing to do so, they argued, was unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment and would expose African Americans to a high risk of discriminatory stops and searches. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t risk the possibility of Ms. Lee opening the door again instead of James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He sat next to Reyna and decided to take a risk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

How could Mother call her own cousin “a crazy woman”? Regina had taken a great risk to find her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I am not the kind of person who just sits back and lets other people take all the risks!” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

All I could see was that we’d risked our lives because he was so pigheaded. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if you don’t have some feeling for probabilities, automobile accidents might seem a relatively minor problem of local travel, whereas being killed by terrorists might seem to be a major risk when going overseas. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was my chance to get my compass back without risking loss of limb or soul. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I’ll never know now. But I didn’t believe him, and so I delayed. And our people died because I didn’t believe I was at risk.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Time and again she made successful visits to Maryland on the Underground Rail Road, and would be absent for weeks at a time, running daily risks while making preparations for herself and passengers. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered all the stories we’d heard in classes about abolitionists and how they’d risk their lives for people who were just like these folks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The odds were so low on Schmeling that few wanted to risk their cash, and no one wanted to be caught betting on a black American. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was worth the risk, for what lay ahead for me if I didn’t go? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Marsha and Glen Colbey were living in a crowded trailer with their children, and they knew they were at risk when the hurricane warnings were announced. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That bore Walder Frey's seal beyond a doubt, Catelyn thought bitterly; hold back, wait, watch, take no risk unless forced to it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"I suppose he didn't want to risk your giving him away. Or it may be he believed you'd follow orders better if they came from Falconer." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"You would be as much at risk as I would." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But he could no longer think that its risks affected only himself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They're too emotionally involved. Clearly, so are you. I'm not gambling five additional lives to save one. Especially when we might save him without risking them at all." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They never asked to be involved in any of this, never entered the championships to hunt down a criminal, were never getting paid to put themselves at risk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And anyway, when you join the army or navy in any country, you're paid to risk your life. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

My mother had to decide whether to risk her life for her two older sons, or stay and watch her sons and husband die in a war. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

While she adjusts my pillows, I risk one question. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Alas, my sacrifice was in vain, since there was too much glare and I couldn’t risk opening a window. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

One of the hardest things was knowing that these other people were risking their lives for you when they didn’t have to. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can't risk running, but I walk as fast as I can to the latrines. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I had no idea if Devi would be awake at such an early hour, but it was a risk I had to take. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had now made unscathed, for the first time, that crossing-over and return which only a wizard can make with open eyes, and which not the greatest mage can make without risk. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Sweetheart, I appreciate your courage, but I’m not about to risk losing a grandchild.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Headmistresses are always so cooperative. They’d rather expel a bad apple or two than risk their school getting into the newspapers for the wrong reasons. Who can blame them?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But he’s also taking a risk to help me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I decided it would be better to remain with Ms. Sandnes, Mr. Todd, Mr. Irvin, and my friends than risk some snooty parents kicking me out the minute they tired of me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And I relaxed, glad not to have to take the life I had saved—glad not to have to risk other lives, including my own. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I resolved to quit and risk hunger rather than stay with them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Children love to put their hands in their mouths,” he said, making it sound like fun, “but each time they do, they run the risk of infection.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t risk making him mad, though, so I got the phone out of the cabinet and shined the light on his shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For if there was, I was going to take a look, risk or no. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You can’t sympathize with the staff too much,” he told me, “or you risk not sympathizing with the patients.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s no risk you’d be raising a little generation of ignoramuses?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“You might think I’m overreacting, but I can’t take any risks where my family is concerned.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emboldened by her vehemence, I risk the red-hot word again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one else in the school could have done so without some risk of having it torn from his back. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would any Indian risk going off to work in sugar? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Throwing his fork into the wagon, he yelled, “Better to save what we can, then risk it for what we can’t. Let’s bring this load in.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

If it had been up to Griff, the Shy Maid would continue downstream by night as well as day, but Yandry and Ysilla refused to risk their pole- boat in the dark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nat thought back over the years—the shilling he’d invested in Tom Perry’s expectations—the hundred and thirty-five dollars he had risked in his first venture on the Henry. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether or not they believed his wild tale of superhuman strength, no thane in the hall would attack him again and risk the slash of that mild, coolly murderous tongue. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had to do with the use of the phrase “significantly greater risk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The territory around the mill house, at the risk of death, belonged to the owls at night and the falcons by day. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The risk and the energy and the danger and the possibility of death, even when what we're doing is a kind of death all in itself. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The warder was taking great risks, and he warned me that he was only prepared to deal directly with me, or the arrangement was off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s helped me. I know I shouldn’t have let her, but—” “But it just happened. Your brother’s life is at risk here, Laia. I understand.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But it was also a risk to be overly cautious. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Burglary, properly executed, though it had its dangers, offered the maximum chances of success with the minimum risk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing nothing, I risked a look out and saw two teenage girls, one my age and the other a little older, expressions hard and weapons gripped in trembling fingers. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Cohen quietly cautioned Hall that he was taking a huge risk in helping the Soviets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier that day, in fact, Ulbrickson had canceled a workout rather than have his boys risk drowning out in the far lanes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And then I go for it, risking my worst talent with an improvised, final zinger: “It’s a tough thing to have a mom with a stomach ailment, when you barely have a dad at all.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” Reynie said, “it’s in plain sight and you’d surely be spotted. I don’t think that’s what Mr. Benedict had in mind when he told us not to take unnecessary risks.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

No way was I risking sitting through Mom’s honesty lecture. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Queer as it seemed, men who would cheerfully face battle and risk death to rescue a companion would abandon that same companion in a heartbeat if he were known to have greyscale. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In addition to the ready perspective it offers on relative risk, the safety index underscores the obvious fact that every activity carries some risk. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I risked my life for those seeds," Magnet had said, "and all I got was one lousy handful." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And it was tempting, but being a fugitive for life was too much of a risk. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a single moment when we weren’t risking something. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Black churches active in the civil rights movement were at risk of being burned or bombed. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

To risk the capital, in hope I could make it to my aunt’s house? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don't risk moving until I'm certain he's gone. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We maintain a ten-point lead throughout, but Coach doesn’t risk subbing in any of the bench—not even when Pennsville calls time-out with only a minute to go. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lingers over images of Marie-Laure—her hands, her hair—even as he worries that to concentrate on them too long is to risk wearing them out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There’s writing on the little packets but the words make no sense to me and I can’t risk taking the tranquilizer that knocked out Manchee. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

So many people are putting themselves at risk. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘Well, men have got the right to risk their lives for things they think worth it. God go with you, my young man. But if they shoot you, remember, I warned you.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could be in awful trouble taking risks like this for you. I hope you know that.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They were already going to lose the points—why risk losing a wrestler too? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But it was too scary for me to risk walking alone with Zuhair on the road. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

We will ourselves to be small and invisible as we risk approaching the vicinity of the funeral. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She needed to be sure, though, and so she risked stepping out from the bush. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

This had to be stopped, no matter the risks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both were aware of the serious risks involved in playing together in a white neighbourhood, but we never dwelled on them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Management actions at and in the immediate vicinity of airports do little to mitigate the risk of off-airport strikes during departure and approach. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The identity of the prospective bride was no secret to the parents of our young men, and no family was willing to shoulder so blatant a risk. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The minute I became somebody, I risked no longer being welcomed as nobody. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Not only would he be risking his life in a fight by not using his machine gun, but also he’d jeopardize the lives of the men he served with. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Scholars had been summoned, not librarians, and he didn’t want to risk being told to leave. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t take a risk, I can’t cross the ocean.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And there was no way she would ever risk losing Percy again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

AMOS: You do understand even getting the Time-Turner will risk your lives. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

We had too much to lose—none of us wanted to risk our jobs or our lives. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he was not willing to risk Johnson’s wrath by saying so publicly. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In their minds, the political stakes were enormous, the threat posed by the Federalists put the entire republican experiment at risk, the battle was to the death, and taking prisoners was not permitted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The seamen were paid extra for the risk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It all went around in my head for a few weeks: the pain, the risks, the uncertainty, and the awful, enticing thought of blending in. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s no reason I have to risk my life for them, is there?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As I crossed the field, I knew that I risked having Marissa rush out of the bushes at any moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a risk I’m just gone have to take. I already made up my mind. Either put it in or pull my part out altogether.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It had always seemed unfathomable to her, choosing a career where all you did was put yourself out in front of hundreds or thousands of people and risked rejection in real time. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At home, he knew the American public would be vehemently against putting even more American lives at risk by sending in several hundred thousand more American troops. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The only problem being, of course, that whenever you ran an operation that was not aboveboard there was a certain risk of it backfiring into a worse situation than it had been before. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This day has already gone wrong in too many ways for me to risk sticking around. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Will I really risk my life for this—to win a game the Dauntless like to play? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The doctor hadn’t told him the procedure carried any risks at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t she just stay in her jeans and give you the, like—” “Band pants? I wondered the same thing. She said she didn’t want me to risk drawing attention to myself.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Why wouldn’t he believe he was at risk of being stopped and choked again? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Do we increase our risk by refusing to follow the government’s request?” asked Sulzberger. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“He said no. Apparently it’s a ‘security risk’ if someone other than him touches it.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t risk a second to say good-bye; I crossed the abandoned fields in the rapidly diminishing light and was alone by the time the Congo five-minute twilight began. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s still a risk I’m taking, but I can’t think of any other way to give him peace of mind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, instead of the guy in charge, I was the one at risk, and I tried to slip by silently, not even stirring the air. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you might’ve asked us before you went berserk and risked all our lives!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Dawn is still a few hours away, but I shouldn't risk getting caught. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, you might lose even your wages and benefits because they would all be “at risk on the bargaining table.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Risks that you control are much less a source of outrage than risks that are out of your control,” Sandman said. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s a striking man, his face is powerful. Like you, Ishmael, he served in the war. Have you forgotten that—that he fought in the war? That he risked his life for this country?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fight which held out prospects best for us and the least risk of life to both sides was guerrilla warfare. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the way he pointed that revolver at my head, and decide that he’s probably not someone I want to risk waking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Oh, brave Horatio, who took such risks to save me from the water and from the earth! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“That’s partly what the row with G. was about. He thinks I take ridiculous risks on the bike or in the past with drugs but won’t—” He stops when he sees my face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I briefly considered only bringing one tank of hydrazine in at a time to reduce risk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We do what you did with Snape — SCORPIUS: Can we risk him knowing your dad survives? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Pathogenicity may be something of a disadvantage for most microbes, carrying lethal risks more frightening to them than to us. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it contagious? Does his sitting in this hogan mean that all of us are at risk of the same poisoning?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He knew it was a risk swimming with hungry piranhas. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s because I handle the entire business and accept the risk.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Did he take a risk on the only lit-up window in the house? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The jail physician wrote the Marion County Board of Health that due to “close confinement and very hot weather” Fannie risked great injury to her health. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“For someone so superstitious, you risk angering the gods by not attending. I imagine that an assassin would take more interest in the day of the dead.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The health risks, to be sure, were negligible. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Do you always take such risks with your life?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When he had fully explained the risks, he asked the congregation, “Who’s willing to stand up for justice, to march for freedom, to take this on?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It would increase some risks,” she acknowledged, but then turned to me and said, “But it’s your life.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Stanton thinks the president is a fool for ignoring the rumors and argues that Lincoln is risking his life. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I...I can’t help the way business is done. The men running the trade want only big investors, people who can support the risk.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She gave up her money, her business, the good life that she had, but most important she had to risk leaving her three-year-old daughter and her six-year-old son behind. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

As a medic, he was willing to take any kind of risk in order to save a life. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The scientific data says there is a sixfold increase in crash risk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jack had to learn which parts of town it was safe for him to be in without risk of being beaten up by a non-Jewish gang, or, at the very least, called anti-Semitic names. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sends acolytes like you to do her bidding and take all the risk. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Why are you helping us with this? It seems like a big risk for someone who isn’t personally invested in the outcome.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“My job was to ascertain if the casualty warranted the risk,” said Kelley. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

This is not what he intends; and he does not mean to risk it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Do I want to have them with me so badly,” she asks herself of her children, “that I’m willing to risk their losing their lives?” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I would have to spring far out or risk falling into the shallow water next to the bank. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s wrapping her hair up for the night, and I go ahead and risk joining her in the bathroom. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He’s taking huge risks to see me, to help me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

For an agent of the underground railroad, presumably no stranger to peril and risk, he evinced a nervous personality. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And after the hug business in the band room, maybe I just didn’t want to risk another weird conversation. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

In America, Benjamin Franklin famously risked his life by flying a kite in an electrical storm. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Usually you needn’t risk so much to right a wrong. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It’s a risk to draw out his rage, but if he’s focused on me right now, he can’t focus on anything or anyone else. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She had to free herself, no matter what the risk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I am very important and have immunity from being jailed by the queen's court. I can risk it." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If we didn’t change some habits, it could become a real problem over time, increasing her risk for high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Washington knew firsthand the risks of having a letter written in regular ink fall into British hands. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were taking a risk, feeding there. Why were you so careless?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a risk, you could have been deformed or something. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a safety expert at the top of the chain of command, who lives every day with the responsibility for managing risks, the bird traps set out by her underlings are a distant memory. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

His money came too hard to risk it on a hand of cards, even in the unlikely event that it was honestly dealt. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Many on welfare were worried that any little thing they did to bring attention to themselves might put their food stamps at risk. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Under the headline “At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is High Risk,” the story quoted businesspeople describing the desperate need to respond to client inquiries within seconds, or risk losing a sale. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’d have to endure it without a fight, and in silence, or risk giving myself up to the Nazis. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

People were always telling me that if I was robbed, I should hand over my money rather than risk being killed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyone smart enough to accomplish what they have should know better than to risk everything by talking to the vultures in the media.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He dared not risk having them on the wrong side of the moat should the castle rise against him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“One was even there the night of the tennis game. But you...you risked everything for a city you owed nothing to. Why?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew that the risks were grave, but there was no reason to wait any longer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She does not want to die; already she has risked too much. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Your syllabus plainly states that passing notes or doing any work other than class work is done at your own risk.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

White insurance companies didn’t consider blacks a good business risk. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Davis and the Confederate government must abandon the city or risk capture. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘You didn’t want to risk the men to save my brother.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I feel troubled, Fiver. I’m asking so much of them, and there are so many risks in this plan.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No other reason to risk slapping fake Tsingtao labels on bottles of his home brew. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you risk everything for a life worth living, even if you’re not the one that’ll be alive to live it.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Some of Gupta’s men must have risked their lives deep in the reserve to gather such a big amount of the red, sturdy branches. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

My two older brothers were at a higher risk of being forced to join the army because of their ages. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They rarely ventured into the water near the village, preferring to stay in the area near the swamp, so only the foolhardy were at risk of being dragged into the Sogozha’s depths. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Their lives are at risk,” the redhead said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But then the risks of hope rise again and my Noise grays a little. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had taken the same risks and shown the same bravery as the other two men. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

After all the trouble and risk we undertook to get the money, it became useless. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s no risk. I’ve got nothing here. There’s no way I can keep clear of my dad if I stay.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We decided to risk getting our passes stamped and the correct travel documents once we were in Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We seldom, if ever, were willing to take that risk, so we didn't get to see movies. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a risk, doing election night in their hometown. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Malone said maybe bats are altruists, which means they’re sharing to help the other bats, even if it’s a risk. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Before I risk my life with this contraption, I need to test it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I won’t risk another dull visit for a while, so I’m having Sheldon, my chauffeur, deliver this account to your home. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to risk it—not without something to slow the fall, or a sled, or... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Werner risks a glance upward: a single hawk, riding the wind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was the occasional barn and once a row of little houses but they looked deserted and we didn’t want to risk finding out for sure. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Puts me and my phone at risk—again, I know—but for every four blurry shots I snap a good one. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One way or another, she had been running risks all her life. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I recovered my composure, I had to leap onto the sidewalk at the risk of breaking all my bones, and run toward the street down which she had already turned. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s possible to thin-slice a surgeon’s risk of being sued for malpractice on the basis of a small snippet of conversation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

From their own standpoint, the organelles might be viewed as having learned early how to have the best of possible worlds, with least effort and risk to themselves and their progeny. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Dad says, he found two things in the fog, me and his old pal Jack, who didn’t think nothing of risking his boat for a true friend. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

To walk the streets without protection was to risk getting plucked up by a slaver and never seen again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Until that moment, I’d never understood the risk she was taking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Riders were drawing in their ring close round the knoll, risking the orc-arrows, so as to prevent any sortie, while a company rode off to deal with the newcomers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He worried about the Gladers circulation getting cut off, but decided it was worth the risk. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Elzenia has passed away since then, but I ain’t going to risk a broken leg at this point in my life. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was willing to risk seeming like a hypocrite. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I felt Goldwater wouldn’t have risked his unpopular stand without conviction. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the risk of using my mom's cell phone to call Annabeth for the second time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to minimize the risk of injury before Rio and also make sure her Olympic hopefuls wouldn’t burn out before the Games. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was willing to sit in that spot until the end of time rather than risk a fight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I just think, why risk it? It's foolish." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t risk any accusations that he was soft on Communism. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think it was any more dangerous than playing with millions of stinging insects and risking anaphylactic shock. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon they were roused by the watch, and took their chief meal: cold and cheerless as a rule, for they could seldom risk the lighting of a fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This was a bold step to take: it meant risking the lord’s pursuit, and losing contact with everything that was familiar. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

He would turn down virtually no request that helped illuminate texting and driving—or its risks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He is at risk, and I have power over him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The highter the impost, the greater the risk of injury, a significant concern for Seabiscuit, who had a history of leg trouble. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both men recognized that touching them placed the newly established reconciliation at risk. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s just... a risk I can’t afford to take right now. We so close to getting enough money together.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Do I open the door and risk angering the smith by barging in, or do I go back to the Commandant without a response when she specifically demanded one? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The happiness and convenience of so many good people would be put at risk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she didn’t like to get her blouse dirty or risk tearing her anacos. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We survived the Holocaust because of the enormous risks Schindler took and the bribes and backroom deals he brokered to keep us, his Jewish workers, safe from the gas chambers of Auschwitz. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

What police training does, at its best, is teach officers how to keep themselves out of this kind of trouble; to avoid the risk of momentary autism. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Combining the fruits of many ecosystems, Andean cultures both enjoyed a better life than they could have wrested from any single place and spread out the risk from the area’s frequent natural catastrophes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had rather taken it for granted that whenever you rode a horse you risked a broken neck. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus the students already at risk, already suffering, have become suspects, linked in various thoughtless ways to mass murder and—consequently—more alienated than before. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until they were, he couldn’t risk sneaking to the kitchen for some food. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Now he had a choice to make: should he risk the straits, or take the Iron Fleet around the island? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That is a risk I am willing to take,” Hector says without even glancing at his daughter. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Apollo’s oracle gave him hope, but only at the risk of his life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex walked down from his home to Forty-second Street Thursday morning around the time he would have left for school, far earlier than he needed to, but he couldn’t risk missing the bus. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In humans, a mutant BRCA1 gene increases the risk for breast cancer—but not all women carrying the BRCA1 mutation develop cancer. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I guess they didn’t want to risk me not showing up at our spot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We shall risk their prophetic menaces,” he noted confidently, if we should continue to have a majority.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Does this mean all Holy Beings are at risk for radiation poisoning?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That way he got a little rest, and we didn’t run the risk of rounding a comer and barreling into a fallen tree or slow-moving cart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t risk going back to the Deuce tonight, or even the trailer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Two would be better, but after last week he wasn’t going to risk Julie’s life. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

A few windows might break—the front sitting room, with its bay window, was at risk. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Then she begins to approach the pyramid with strange little hops, sometimes landing on one foot, teetering slightly, sometimes risking a few steps. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some of the children had risked their life to attend the conference. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In these close quarters, I was unable to back up without the risk of ensnaring myself in the ropes or breaking my ankle in one of the gaps between the floorboards. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He dropped a bombshell on my grandmother and me by telling us that on no account were we to risk the journey to Norway this summer. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

What drove this man so, I wondered, to risk his life—and mine—on the high road after dark? The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, at 10 A.M., one driver takes the risk. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I tell you, you must take risks in my studio.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“It was certainly taking a risk,” said Mr. Benedict. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’d say looking around here, it was worth the life risk.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘A man afraid for take risk is no man.’ Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I don't risk meeting any of their parents if I don't have to. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Deciding it would be better to stand the rest of the way than risk bloodying my nose, I rose to my feet and offered him my seat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even if Pet was wrong, like Bitter and Aloe thought, that wasn’t a risk she could take. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I’m half tempted to go back upstairs and lose myself in the bathtub, but I can’t risk letting down Jenna again. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I better hear a good reason why you chose to risk your life by waking me up like that.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My action implied that beneath my ace was some “nothing” card that I didn’t care to risk my money on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I no longer have to wonder what made him risk everything to help bring down the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me, boy, once you leave don’t you come back. Ain’t no one gunn help us. You just risking y’own life for nothing. Get on back to Canada. I don’t mean maybe.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The table was at serious risk of suffering that social calamity known as the “awkward silence.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Surely, the honor of capturing Lincoln’s assassin was worth the risk of a few casualties? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She put her life at risk and she’s been lying to me for weeks.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost as if my father had come to accept that if he were really going to do battle with the Government, he would have to take certain risks. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It would flirt and coo and risk curling back up against it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mark grimaced, thinking these two people were far too unpredictable—maybe even unstable—to risk being sarcastic or rude to them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a stolen bag of apples, at the risk of getting his hand sawed off. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If it was me, I would kill him; it would be worth the risk.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You risked life and death for books that you’ve already read? You must be really bored.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m waiting for her to tell me there’s no excuse for putting the whole camp at risk. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“He does not ask you to help me escape. Why would you take the risk?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I didn't think I could handle the risk of bleeding out of every orifice in public, even if it meant no longer cursing my reflection. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Turn over the fugitive to me, and this gold is yours. Or risk making me your enemy. You do not want Crete as your enemy.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Reinsurance is a multibillion-dollar industry that spreads the risk assumed by one insurance company to a number of companies around the world. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe, as an outsider, she could see a bigger picture, take more risks. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If he pleaded guilty, or admitted something he and others had convinced him he hadn’t done, or couldn’t be proved, he’d again put his mission in jeopardy, he’d risk letting down his family. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Let’s start with something more basic. Isn’t it strange that I know you’d risk your life to save mine...but I don’t know what your favorite color is?” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For those released on probation or parole, the risks are especially high. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was a awful big risk for Miss Skeeter to take, turning Miss Hilly against her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Who could she ask without risking being sent back to Afghanistan? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There is nothing left to do, the friend says, but to risk the cops, go downtown and beg. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I follow a few steps behind and risk a quick glance at Roger before he disappears in the fog. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unnerved, Oppenheimer confided that every other registered student had already done the same—the hall was filled with students auditing the course for no credit, struggling to understand the subject matter without risking a grade. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When I’m sure, I risk a quick look down. —too dangerous in the south, and the Commandant is not trustworthy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t understand what I was risking until I nearly lost it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Do extremely well in what they enjoy doing and take risks in areas, but do not seem to like taking risks themselves. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I declare that I have been thoroughly instructed as to the risks and benefits of these procedures by a member of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I knew she’d be upset about this, but I couldn’t risk it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It made sense: anyone who risked unleashing a virus had to have protection for themselves. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Ghosts were not combustible, and neither was mesarthium, so there had been no risk of her setting the citadel alight. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The cold lowered the risk of infection in my wound. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I bring pizza and salad back to my room for dinner, telling myself that anything tastes better when acquired at some risk to life and limb, like venison fresh from the hunt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never got to thank you,” she said, “for what you did for my son. You risked your life for him. Thank you. Thank you so much.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

McKusick’s research on the Lacks family coincided with the beginning of a new era of genetic research, in which the concept of risk to patients would change completely. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There is risk, suddenly, in the air between us, where there was none before. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure by now that they weren’t going to perform the operation on her yet, and sure too that her disguise as Lizzie Brooks was secure; so she risked a question. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He was risking his own pro-Lumumbist neck to stay near me, but many people were now taking risks for what they loved, he said, or simply for what they knew. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t ask him and risk giving anything away to the listening prisoners. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They risked their lives to save others, but they didn’t die doing nothing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“At-at-at, at the risk of repeating myself,” said the goose, “I suggest that you come on out. It’s wonderful out here.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

"But if I wasn't willing to take risks to save lives, I'd . . ." He thought for a moment. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Please, Treebeard,’ he said, ‘could I ask you something? Why did Celeborn warn us against your forest? He told us not to risk getting entangled in it.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I could not conceive of any game holding more risks than the life I was living. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I took a risk," I said, and bit down on my lip. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Women were at greater risk because of pregnancy and childbirth, but Charles’s health continued to worsen, and they didn’t know what was wrong with him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Idiot. I came straight from the wedding. I didn’t want to risk the traffic of going home first to change.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But my guess is Cinna might already be at risk, and I don’t want to pull him into any more trouble by closer association with me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I will not risk fleeing with my children on a rickety boat. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And anyway, she asked herself, what real risk was there? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So now I risked everything, confronting fate and the knowledge that I had authored my own demise. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“What kind of grievance does your family have to risk an escape?” the officer asked. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

With each visit, he risked capture, arrest, or worse. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede knew she was taking a risk by speaking so forcefully to the Mistress of the Academy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A white woman, of Afrikaner origin, risked her life so that we may know, and bring to justice this assassin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played tennis with Chris, talked about other things, then eventually sat down with him to discuss the risks he’d taken. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must risk her life every time she lights a cigarette. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Then he counted off a thousand steps before he risked lifting his head. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Though Roosevelt was also a colonel and a former president, he was an American guest of the Brazilian government and could not risk going against his host country’s laws. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“That kind of poison would probably keep even me from coming back to life... for a long time, at least. My essence would be scattered and degraded. So I’m risking quite a lot.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I risked loosening die thermos cap a litde more, and a fresh burst of wind sent us rocketing around the northern tip of Virginia Beach into Chesapeake Bay. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she was scared of my dad and said that we were both taking a huge risk, she wanted me to go. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If the horse had been any good—or if he had known how to get any good out of the horse—he would have risked everything on a break away and a wild gallop. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

"Furthermore," Mrs. Olinski added, "sometimes we even have to risk making fools of ourselves." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

"There will be no risk to you. All you need do is deliver a message." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to talk to them and risk losing her nerve. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“The lad risked the penalty to see justice done. I suggest you remit the sentence.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

"Iris 2 only risks one life. Rich Purnell risks all six of them. I know Rich Purnell is more likely to work, but I don't think it's six times more likely." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parry, frontal attack, reach high, risking my chest. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Certainly none of the eight of us received even one social invitation, nor could we have risked attending even if we had. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about you, Nailer? Is that a risk you want to take?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But I didn’t want to risk the men. Or—or you.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was just showing him how strongly she believed that the operation was worth the risk. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t I, always, but ever and ever, thought that life was just one great risk for the living? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have gone himself, but with the recent disciplinary troubles in the warren he could not take the risk; and Campion could hardly be spared just now. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his quiet, penetrating intensity, he said that it’s not a “mistake” if a reasonable person knows the risks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But if she took two grammes, she ran the risk of not waking up in time to-morrow morning. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom was in the living room area, and they couldn’t risk her shutting down their final project. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t dare risk meeting her. But I should like to talk to her very much.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Listening to lawyers from both sides question potential jurors, it became obvious to Ellsberg that none of these people knew much about the documents he’d risked everything to expose. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I know what’s good with me and I’m not risking getting them hurt. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jay’s face crumpled like he wanted to give me a hug, but he didn’t dare risk it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean leaned back, apparently not wanting to risk contact with a sweaty mustard pack. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She might have gotten away with leaving the light on, but it wasn't worth the risk. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Tally shook away that last image and ran down the hall, ignoring the same jokes about her mask, risking glances into the rooms one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But I don't want to take unnecessary risks. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many Americans assumed that presidents in a democracy weren't at risk of assassination. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Because somehow, the thought of him getting hurt—or worse—made her willing to risk just about anything. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It would be faster swimming with both hands, but he didn’t dare risk it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There are plenty of examples where a behavior is an increased risk without being particularly risky. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Because apparently, anywhere outside of it puts me “at unnecessary risk.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

But there was no way in hell I was going to go down that hallway on the night before a game and run the risk of a face-to-face with Mrs. Singer again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I know it was a risk, especially after all that’s happened. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Look—‘Male feeds female and young, and leads enemies away from den at risk of his life.’” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

My life revolves around an obsessive regimen and percentages, and given that I was just in surgery, the risk never seems to go down. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I have to go around some of them or risk damage to my suspension. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet no matter how careful they were, the military still saw them as a security risk. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

All Matt’s activities were supposed to be risk free. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that I would risk running into my former military friends, who would kill me if I told them I wasn’t part of the war anymore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I only point out the risk. What we do, the Council must decide.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Awareness of this risk did not require intimate familiarity with cognitive bias research. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Since I still had food and a little wine I stayed where I was rather than risk falling when I tried to climb down to the street. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Acting Commander considered himself too important to be risked in an insecure situation. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“And you still want to go back there for my parents and Shay? To risk getting caught? To risk your mind?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

On Monday, May 29, the first day of the stay-at-home, hundreds of thousands of people risked their jobs and livelihoods by not going to work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. and Mrs. Little will be going out tomorrow night, and you won’t be taking such a risk. It’s for your own good I’m suggesting this.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The paper says that, as with substance abusers, studies of people with Internet addiction have found “increased novelty seeking, low reward dependence, impulsivity, high risk taking, low self-esteem and disadvantageous decision making.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was brave because she took the risk in saving the prince. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could board early and risk the officers deeply analyzing my pass and papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t see why it should, if you don’t put wet stuff on it and make a smother. But if it does, it does. I’m going to risk it, anyhow. I’m going to stew these coneys.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

To hurry here was to risk a broken ankle or worse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kleptocracies with little public support run the risk of being overthrown, either by downtrodden commoners or by upstart would-be replacement kleptocrats seeking public support by promising a higher ratio of services rendered to fruits stolen. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t risk him breaking a leg, it said, and Alex guessed that the end of his training was near. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

McNamara bluntly listed the disadvantages: “risk of escalation, casualties will be high, and may be a long war without victory.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He soared up over her and shot her with his arrows at no risk to himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not worth the risk? There’s a hundred pounds worth of stuff in that wagon.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dreams ended as he faced that ashen, foamy, dirty sea, which had not merited the risks and sacrifices of the adventure. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the level was too near the theoretical limit of what the suit could handle for him to risk it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They know I’d never have risked telling her anything like that. For her own protection.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Not only did this the person risk her life for me and my brothers, but it is also the person who has supported every decision and every accomplishment that I’ve succeeded at. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They won’t even let you risk your own life, man, your own life—unless it’s over them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The group lets out one long, hard laugh, and I decide that it’s a risk I’m willing to take. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When his winnings reached $250,000, he appeared to make a mental calculation that the risks of losing everything were at that point greater than the potential benefits of staying in. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s not worth the risk,” I say. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t risk talking about pets right now. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It meant drop everything and come running—or risk dire consequences. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who were risking their lives even now for a prize they’d never see. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Adding to the risk was the fact that no one knew how to prevent an attack or what to do if the piranhas did strike. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

These banners were powerful symbols for each side, so much so that during the war soldiers willingly risked their lives to capture an enemy’s flag or prevent their own flag from being taken. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his misgivings, he decided to risk the trip. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They're vulnerable to all sorts of problems that increase the risk of a wrongful conviction. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The man who risked something in the name of mercy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Now the diminutive freshman waited nervously in his dorm room, dressed in his best suit and preparing to risk everything for the right to order a cup of coffee at a five-and-dime lunch counter. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But re-membering what happened to them reminded me how big the risk was. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to do this... to risk all this . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He was this local guy, a professor at the University of Utah, who seemed to be an authority on the risks of texting while driving and talking on the phone while driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, there was her mother, telling her that every street she had to cross, every car ride, every new person was a deathly risk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"He may know the blade, yes ... but, my lady, the moment we go ashore we are at risk. And there are those at court who will know you on sight." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’d forgotten they couldn’t risk candles or lanterns near the kegs and bags of powder. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Personally, I don’t think the children are at risk based on this single incident, but my supervisor is probably not going to want to accept further responsibility.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Which means he probably didn’t steal it, and it has a different meaning for him and is worth carrying around with the risk of losing or dropping it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And the sum total of all those differences is that in certain kinds of situations that require dealing with risk and uncertainty, Danes tend to react in a very different way from Belgians. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As the tension rose, he considered that maybe this time he’d gone too far, putting hundreds of people at risk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“We risked our lives by defecting from our faction,” says Cara, “and we will risk them again to save our faction from itself.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I was the one risked all to help her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Driven by pain and desolation, that evening I risked additional beatings or worse by sneaking over to my father's barracks. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“We can’t take chances, you know, any chances. I am only beginning to perceive what a terrible risk I was asking of you all. Now...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

To face up to the questions of power and responsibility and risk. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Look here, Paul, it has been decided this work must be done by apprentices, strangers—folk little known about Boston. The East India Company may bring suit. If you are recognized ‘I’ll risk it.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But is there not danger of Lady Catherine’s disapprobation here, my good sir? You had better neglect your relations than run the risk of offending your patroness.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Though promoted to a major by the Lon Nol government, Pa said he did not want to join but had to, or he would risk being persecuted, branded a traitor, and perhaps even killed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Breath. Can’t risk it. You might luck up and get a kiss.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And what was at stake for both men that was worth risking so much? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But why did you risk it on your own? We might already have gone under, for all you knew.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m no longer concerned about the health risks. And I think it would calm my nerves. There’s a machine in the lobby.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If he became too absorbed in rubbing a particular horse’s nose in his defeat, he risked being unable to regain his momentum when the closers came after him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby sat on the very edge of the booth, afraid to risk even a look at Lily. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

So distressed was I that I was on the verge of lending my efforts to the fire fighters, even at the risk of being recognized. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I know I'll never marry, never risk bringing a child into the world. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Too much trust, too much risk, too much already. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would you risk your life for a total stranger?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She journaled all her precious memories and thoughts, and there was no way she would risk having Conner find them and use them against her. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He knew all the risks but he wanted to apply. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that wondering is very rhetorical because no way would I give up my straight-A+ report card to risk a dabble in hobbies. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

If I preached unity, I must act like a unifier, even at the risk of perhaps alienating some of my own colleagues. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not know, Your Grace, but I would sooner not risk your person to learn the answer.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And here I stopped again, this time to consider what I hadn’t realized before—that the people who cared for lepers took more than one kind of risk. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Roy overheard her tell a reporter how proud she was of her boy, risking his freedom to save the poor helpless owls. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I personally hate drugs. It’s too much risk, but the more the money the higher the risk. Tell this ...?” “William Irizarry.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Garfield hadn't concerned himself with assassination risks, though he received some death threats by mail during his campaign. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Time and again, I have seen men and women risk and give their lives for an idea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they weren’t trained correctly, they could get killed right away, and put other men at risk. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I like to mural, but I don't usually have the time or want to take the risk of it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You can't tell anyone about it. Not ever. It's not just my life at risk. There are others—" “Are you working for the Empire, Darin? Are you working for the Martials?" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The risk of such an exodus increases as China’s economy soars, North Korea’s sinks, and word spreads that life is better in China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You only have to risk your life every second you spend with me, that’s surely not much. You only have to turn your back on nature, on humanity . . . what’s that worth?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bunderson didn’t yet know the neuroscience, but he understood the risk: If an activity was inherently distracting, then it could be seen as inherently negligent. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Is it fair to say that, as compared to talking on a cell phone or driving under the influence, the general public hasn’t had information about the risks of texting and driving?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s worth the risk. We’ll be able to hide in the city. Here were just waiting for them to find us.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

What Shoemaker and his colleagues found was that there was more risk out there–a great deal more–than anyone had ever imagined. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, there is a risk of liver failure, which can be fatal. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, one of the badges is purple and gold, which means Chian was a war hero once— although I have a hard time believing that he ever risked his life to save his comrades. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Reckless endangerment: “under circumstances not amounting to a felony office, the person recklessly engages in conduct that creates a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury of another person.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He would not risk his friendship with Ron for anything. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He liked finally feeling like he was risking something that didn’t end with a possible fist to the face. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Winnie understood and said she was prepared to take the risk and throw in her lot with me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody would miss two Midol, but it’s not worth the risk. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had risked so much to be here, and he’d be in so much trouble. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve spent most of my life living in poverty, being afraid to walk out of my front door because of the risk of being shot. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Acting on their own, countless sympathetic Germans risked their lives to help their Jewish neighbors. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

These people who had risked their own security to help runaways would be ruined, fined, imprisoned. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crusher won’t take a car with the fuel tank attached, because there’s a risk of explosion, so every tank had to be drained and removed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t risk being anywhere close to his body. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

These measures effectively eliminated the risk of future alliances between black slaves and poor whites. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I do, however, and $5 to $6 an hour for what this lady freely admits is heavy labor with a high risk of repetitive-stress injuries seems guaranteed to repel all mathematically able job seekers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured we were all at risk of getting locked up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“She was taken by surprise. If she contacted you, it would have risked everything.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But he will take those risks, because he needs to find his mother. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

They were half-hidden in the darkness, but I couldn't risk being careful. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Quincy, you are a woman. You can make your own decisions — I’m not going to meddle and risk making things worse. I can’t force you to tell the police. But I think you should.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All she could think of was the risk—and how willing Henry was to put Cari and Beto in the middle of it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not worth putting the others at risk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were risking their lives in a battle that was only just beginning, a battle that would be most dangerous for those who were its first soldiers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gardner said it was clear to him that girls had to “dumb down” at Permian or else run the risk of being excluded from dating and parties because the boys considered them too smart. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, knowing there was a risk in this, she gulped the remaining liquid and dropped the empty gourd into the tunnel she had just climbed through. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Only a few weeks into his new assignment, a chilling reminder of the risks of Blake's double life landed on his desk. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds later Harry realized that it was his birthday cake, which Mrs. Weasley was suspending with her wand, rather than risk carrying it over the uneven ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I know she’s desperate to get back to her mom, but taking risks when we’re so close to being safe isn’t the answer. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had risked too much in the hopes that he might do something to match the deeds of his brother Mohammed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Risk is risk. Don’t you want to get out and come and live on the high downs with us? Think of it!” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, at the end of the month, he decided to risk a salvage mission. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s not worth the risk, guys,” he thought. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Right now, all I want to do is minimize any risks, to make sure no one will be harmed.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was also the obvious fact that the implications of its existence were far too important to risk crying wolf. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Believe it or not, the risk of being sued for malpractice has very little to do with how many mistakes a doctor makes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Piper sang a few more lines, then she risked another question: ‘The giants’ defences, the underground passage to the Acropolis - how much of what you told us is true?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was a wild fight, guys running and laying down fire and regrouping and running again, lots of noise, but Rat Kiley took the risks. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And because I don't want to risk getting sent back here after we leave. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He hated unnecessary risks and disapproved of such shenanigans, knowing that leopard seals and killer whales could easily surface inside a lead and make a quick meal of the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“And then you died and left Mama and me to pay for it, literally. All my life, I’ve been paying for your risks, and your mistakes.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If this is real and they are wiping our memories...With all the risks, this is not one of those things my parents or the other passengers imagined could happen. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It had a lot to do with thinking through things and making smart decisions and not taking dumb risks for no reason at all and in fact not taking dumb risks period. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

His evidence was mounting and profound; this was something different, this device that captivated the human senses, and, in a way, recognition of the risks required neither science nor proverbial rocket science. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Not worth risking a hack of the biggest opening game ever. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I risked a quick glance over my shoulder, and they were maybe forty feet back now, I saw with relief. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And risking Zara’s anger—not to mention taking on all those boys. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You are much too fragile to risk. Let me finish them off?’ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Why would I take on the risk inherent in stealing information from you when you’re willing to tell me everything about yourself for free? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Smugglers exploit refugees by charging exorbitant fees to smuggle them across European borders, hiding them in trucks and containers, where they are at high risk of abuse, injury, sickness, detection, and even death. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Equally typical is a tendency to equate the risk from some obscure and exotic malady with the chances of suffering from heart and circulatory disease, from which about 12,000 Americans die each week. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was quite clear, however, was that 44° N was completely inaccessible to radar site-certification; we had to accept a significant risk of failure with Viking 2 if it was committed to high northern latitudes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The medical profession was very busy, and besides, Cannery Row was not considered a very good financial risk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some districts, in which winning the reaping is such a great honor, people are eager to risk their lives, the volunteering is complicated. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some risk moving forward to the last of the train’s three locomotives to press against the engine. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Desperation, deep poverty, and illiteracy drove women to take the risk of cohabiting with men such as truck drivers and soldiers, those with steady jobs or who wielded the power of intimidation. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Being put under general anesthetic for so long presents a risk of brain damage. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But President Eisenhower had insisted that the nation’s first foray into space be presented as a peaceful effort, rather than an explicitly military operation that risked triggering a dangerous retaliation by the Soviet Union. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She was still dressed in her work clothes, a white blouse and dark dress pants, but she looked pretty chilled, and I decided to risk the next line. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Too much rudder and Moch ran the risk of careening into the lane to his left, too little and he might get blown to his right and off the course entirely. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn't stop thinking about how at risk young kids are when they get stopped by the police. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I whispered, so impressed that Tidings would risk so much for Dismay. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I perch on the side of their bed, and even though it risks waking them up, I can’t help myself: I start combing their hair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

And Bunderson had given Judge Willmore heavy pause about the use of the term “significantly greater risk,” which might imply by its definition “substantial risk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You mustn’t put yourself at risk in these mysterious regions,” he warns. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Everyone here’s overage, Potter, and they’re all prepared to take the risk.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Will’s a rebel. He’s someone who takes risks, just like Abby.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Apparently, watching a real live person risk his real live life by doing something really, really scary was one thing more exciting than reading. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Curfew starts in thirty minutes, and this is a stupid risk. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He saw calculation there, as Thyon weighed the trouble of killing him with the risk of letting him live. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Now he risked raising a hand in greeting. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Defense witnesses who were not imprisoned now risked detainment if they testified. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Should I end my association with whites and preserve my life; or should I risk it for what I believed, namely that whites were not monolithic, not all racists to be hated and destroyed? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya opened her mouth to say that wasn’t a good idea; Ivan and his father would be searching the woods for her by now, and going outside put Håkon at risk of being seen. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

If you had a gripe, you settled it outside, where you didn’t risk interrupting the hallowed practice of separating pigeons from their money. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And I do not know exactly what kind of rules your game had, but I suspect that you owe us this much, if we were all put at risk for your wager.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Just from the little time Luke had spent with her, he could tell: She took a lot of risks. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad gave me a sharp look, and I knew I needed to make my point quickly or risk overstepping. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But he took the same risk to rescue a yellow cat I After a long time Kit started slowly home. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

"And you have a deal more faith in your brothers and uncles than I do, my lady. The Florent lands lie too close to Highgarden for your lord uncle to risk Mace TVrell's wrath." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Migrants prefer to pay to cross in a raft than risk the river alone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The trail isn’t watched, solely because no one is stupid enough to risk sneaking out that way. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

DRACO: I didn’t want to risk her health, I said it didn’t matter whether the Malfoy line died with me—whatever my father said. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

After all, doctors had been drawing blood for centuries for diagnostic testing, and aside from the pain of a needle stick, there seemed to be no risk. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she thought, frowning, but if a man really loved a woman, wouldn’t he be willing to take risks to help her to safety? Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I risk a peek through the curtains and catch a glimpse of a figure standing in the corner of the room, swathed in darkness. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t impose on them anymore than I already had, or risk ruining them with the invisible fingers that seemed bent on tearing apart every single connection I managed to make. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then the buzzing stops as I remember something else Marcus said: Most of the leaders of this city- risked their lives for it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Was this worth risking our lives for? Perhaps not,” Jack said, recalling that incident. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yet should he admit this and risk forfeiting the one friend who had ever “truly understood” him? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it took enormous courage and virtue to risk your life in order to protect society, such selflessness also contained, at least from the vantage point of your loved ones, a hint of cruelty. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

After all, he was white and could sit wherever he wanted and risked everything when he didn’t have to. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That sinners have always, for American Negroes, been white is a truth we needn’t labor, and every American Negro, therefore, risks having the gates of paranoia close on him. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. It was Kappel’s class, and he’s not going to report Roamer and risk losing him for practice. I gotta go.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he went to shake their hands and tried to look Schmidt in the eye, even Stub McMillin found that he risked getting a crick in his neck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the risk of sounding immodest, I got game. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Banks, more confident about measuring risk, now extend credit to low- income families, so that owning a home or driving a new car is no longer evidence that someone is middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Sire, this is a bold stroke, but the risk—” The Night s Watch takes no part. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to leave Marcus’s letter in the mailbox at our house and risk my parents seeing it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Tell me he told them that I, I alone remained faithful.. . prepared to risk everything to deliver to him the one thing he wanted above all. . .you.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I decided to develop a similar attitude—though with less risk to myself, I thought. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Our ancestors risked their lives to cross the ocean, to escape those socialist countries. And what do you do? You turn around and go back?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Whatever spell she was under, whatever sacred moment this was, I didn't want to risk breaking it. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I would have never had the opportunity to be prom queen if my mom didn’t risk her life to bring us here. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the FBI didn't want to take such a big risk. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

"Routine lessens risk," her father chimed in, scarfing his food because he had a flight to catch. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But I’ve never seen a riot like this one, with hundreds of people risking their lives. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Know the risk technology poses in your life, and tame it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No buts. It has to be done. We are risking sepsis here. If this gets any worse, the infection can get into your bloodstream.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She could as easily have chosen my tree, and then I would have had to risk fighting her one-on-one. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of us would’ve gotten hurt in a big fight. Maybe killed. I couldn’t risk that.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Two Serbs who have never met might risk their lives to save one another because both believe in the existence of the Serbian nation, the Serbian homeland and the Serbian flag. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t suffer them to live, not with magic that would set them above us, to conquer us all over again when they grew up. The risk was too great.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Although she could just about reach the top shelf with her fingertips, she was very unsteady, and the lower shelves were much too wobbly to risk climbing. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The more he thought of it the larger the risk seemed. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“It would have gone slick as butter. There was only one thing wrong. We wasted our time and risked our necks for nothing!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The random stops, questioning, and harassment dramatically increase the risk of arrest for petty crimes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s a risk you’re taking, said Aunt Lydia, but you are the shock troops, you will march out in advance, into dangerous territory. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could take risks— that was on me—but I wasn’t about to drag Spoon and Ema into that particular hazardous zone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He could not punish me now without risking his authority. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For each combination of risk factors, Goldman drew up a decision tree that recommended a treatment option. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Who would have thought of the “at risk” kids making it this far? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I’m not so desperate that I’ll put her life at risk. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He risked afire to cook it and was glad. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Jonas had risked his own life, sacrificed his future, to bring him here. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’m pretty sure they put themselves at risk even getting here . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He’d, by now, devoted himself to showing the risks to attention from using a phone behind the wheel. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Here, too, Ruth ran the risk of others having seen it before she’d bought it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So for the Ares Program, they took the risk. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She don’t even know what she’s risking her life to do.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He nodded at her, in a way that he hoped was respectful, because he could not take the risk of talking. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We face a situation of great opportunity as well as heightened risk,” Westmoreland told the president. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He had already made up his mind that after a suitable interval—a month, say—he would take the risk of visiting the shop again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They would ask me again and I couldn’t risk being embarrassed in front of the entire congregation. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Andrius gave me that nice bread we had with our soup. It’s very courageous of him to take risks like that for us.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

If he could have had a fragment of mesarthium to experiment on in his laboratory, he would have been spared these late-night outings, this risk of discovery. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His tires were so thin he no longer wanted to risk the wear of riding them on the rough surface of the carpet. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I am so—just dead humbled by the risks everybody takes, the double lives they all lead, how they shrug and go on working. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

For such people, lacking a better alternative, it is not such an unreasonable risk. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if Mother told Dad, and Dad said, “No, no, that’s too much of a risk. I forbid it”? Luke wouldn’t be able to stand it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his efforts to help them, they risk becoming stuck in a permanent underclass of the poor, the unskilled, and the uneducated. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn't have put my life at greater risk. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Anyone caught near our city’s forges without good reason—Scholar or Martial—risks execution. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think I would risk attacking the Bureau for the Black Book without already possessing the Black Key?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z