as in risk
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil
got everyone out of harm's way just minutes before the house was ripped apart by the tornado
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Recent Examples of harm's way
Crowding the area can interfere with emergency response efforts and may put them in harm's way.
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Adam Coughran, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
But even adjusted for inflation, damages from intense storms are skyrocketing because people are building in harm's way, rebuilding costs are rising faster than inflation and human-caused climate change are making storms stronger and wetter, experts in different fields said.
—CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
In addition, sprawling development across the entire metro area means more people and structures could be in harm's way — and any destruction from a storm is likely to cause huge financial losses.
—NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
The service -- an elite agency charged with protecting nearly 40 U.S. leaders, their relatives and foreign dignitaries -- has been praised for its agents' selfless bravery in putting themselves in harm's way to protect officials and safeguard democracy.
—Maria Sacchetti Andjacqueline Alemany The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
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Adam Coughran, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
But even adjusted for inflation, damages from intense storms are skyrocketing because people are building in harm's way, rebuilding costs are rising faster than inflation and human-caused climate change are making storms stronger and wetter, experts in different fields said.
—CBS News, 17 Oct. 2024
In addition, sprawling development across the entire metro area means more people and structures could be in harm's way — and any destruction from a storm is likely to cause huge financial losses.
—NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
The service -- an elite agency charged with protecting nearly 40 U.S. leaders, their relatives and foreign dignitaries -- has been praised for its agents' selfless bravery in putting themselves in harm's way to protect officials and safeguard democracy.
—Maria Sacchetti Andjacqueline Alemany The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 3 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harm's way
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The Weather Prediction Center said in its Thursday afternoon forecast that there is a moderate risk of a swath of the Upper Midwest from northern North Dakota to eastern Wisconsin seeing more than six inches of snowfall.James Powel, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Because of these risks, Yardeni believes there is a chance for a 10% market pullback in the bull market.Yun Li, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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Less than a week before Christmas and the start of Hanukkah, the timely delivery of holiday gifts was thrown into jeopardy as thousands of Amazon workers walked off the job and hit picket lines in an attempt to force the nation's largest e-commerce company to bargain with unionized employees.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2024
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And if City weren’t in the title race, the United manager was usually fighting for his job, so there’d be that element of jeopardy.Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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The danger of leaving the death penalty as an available tool for Donald Trump to use cannot be overstated.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Read More: Time 100 AI: Francesca Mani Activists will seek legislative action related to other AI harms, including the vulnerability of consumer data and the dangers of companion chatbots causing self-harm.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 23 Dec. 2024
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Pacifici shares an example where a buyer of a healthcare company inherited regulatory trouble from the previous owner, putting a third of the company’s revenue at risk and exposing it to potential fines.Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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The more scientific term for this phenomenon is venous stasis—this condition occurs when the veins have trouble moving blood back to the heart, straining the cardiovascular system, Mustali Dohadwala, MD, a cardiologist in private practice at Heartsafe Boston, told Health.Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Harm's way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harm%27s%20way. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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