Along with deforestation, climate change also plays a role in increasing fire risk in the Amazon and Pantanal.
What wildfires in Brazil, Siberia, and the US West have in common|Lili Pike|September 17, 2020|Vox
That won’t lessen the current level of risk, but it could at least limit how much worse things get.
Suppressing fires has failed. Here’s what California needs to do instead.|James Temple|September 17, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Water customers in Imperial Beach and Coronado were at risk of a suspect pricing mechanism, according to a ratepayer watchdog, until state regulators stepped in late last month.
Environment Report: State Throws Cold Water on Pricing Scheme|MacKenzie Elmer|September 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Some groups are subject to disproportionate risks so that other groups reap disproportionate benefits.
Why Coming Up With Effective Interventions To Address COVID-19 Is So Hard|Neil Lewis Jr. (nlewisjr@cornell.edu)|September 14, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
When nothing else is predictable, brands can afford to take risks.
Deep Dive: How the Summer of 2020 forced brand marketing to change for the better|jim cooper|September 14, 2020|Digiday
Politicians who openly associated with Duke, or his hard-core associates, did so at their own risk.
The Louisiana Racists Who Courted Steve Scalise|Jason Berry|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It denotes the person that puts on the badge, puts on the blue uniform, and goes into the streets to put their life at risk.
Cop Families Boo De Blasio at NYPD Graduation|Michael Daly|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So perfect that we wonder if we should risk ruining it by asking for yet another take.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards|Kevin Fallon|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The more antibiotics are used inappropriately, the greater the risk of bacteria growing resistant to them.
Without Education, Antibiotic Resistance Will Be Our Greatest Health Crisis|Russell Saunders|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was I brave enough to join the venture and risk the after-part?
The Haunts of Old Cockaigne|Alex Thompson
Snark would not run the risk of publicly smirching himself—for who would believe his protestations of innocency?
Garrison's Finish|W. B. M. Ferguson
He had made up his mind to sail the brig in and risk the hazards of shoal water.
Blackbeard: Buccaneer|Ralph D. Paine
Should he stay where he was, and not risk further movement till matters had settled down a little?
Under the Chinese Dragon|F. S. Brereton
He had been wrong in thinking men would not risk much for the sake of revenge.
The Girl From Keller's|Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for risk
risk
/ (rɪsk) /
noun
the possibility of incurring misfortune or loss; hazard
insurance
chance of a loss or other event on which a claim may be filed
the type of such an event, such as fire or theft
the amount of the claim should such an event occur
a person or thing considered with respect to the characteristics that may cause an insured event to occur
at risk
vulnerable; likely to be lost or damaged
social welfarevulnerable to personal damage, to the extent that a welfare agency might take protective responsibility
no riskAustralianinformalan expression of assent
take a riskorrun a riskto proceed in an action without regard to the possibility of danger involved in it
verb(tr)
to expose to danger or loss; hazard
to act in spite of the possibility of (injury or loss)to risk a fall in climbing
Derived forms of risk
risker, noun
Word Origin for risk
C17: from French risque, from Italian risco, from rischiare to be in peril, from Greek rhiza cliff (from the hazards of sailing along rocky coasts)