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risking

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1. risking - Noun

2. risking - Verb

Meaning

of Risk

Source: Webster's dictionary

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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. William James

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can - and surely will at times - fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk. Joyce Brothers

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills. Simone de Beauvoir

Waiting for the implosion [of the government of Romano Prodi] is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot. Gianfranco Fini

Indeed it may be only by risking the incoherence of identity that connection is possible. Judith Butler

I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources. Barbara Mikulski

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