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Example sentences for: risking

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Though Russia's economy is not closely intertwined with those of Asia, investors have been shifting to the more stable U.S. markets rather than risking getting burned again.
President Clinton managed to get credit for it without risking a single American soldier, since the United States provided logistical support.
Early in the 1970's when evaluators wanted to design studies that would capture some implementation or outcome features that were different or expensive to measure reliably on a large scale-for example, the way a large organization handled a complex innovation or the effect of an education program on motivation to learn or growth in self-confidence-they felt caught between risking considerable effort in trying to quantify qualitative variables and risking the criticism that they were ignoring really important things because they could not be measured.
The story takes a moralistic turn: Emmet pays both an artistic and a personal price for not risking more of himself emotionally.
The wall started out as barbed wire and road blocks, but refugees continued to make their way through the barriers, by swimming through sewers and canals and jumping from buildings and railway bridges — risking life and limb for freedom and democracy.