harm's way

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Recent Examples of harm's way Yet with Trump mulling new shocks to the global financial system, the JGB market is decidedly in harm's way. William Pesek, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025 On April 14, after a six-day jury trial, Gregory Guilfoyle was convicted of attempting to murder his wife Hannah Lynch, of attempting to murder Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy Arin Bowers and of putting his daughter in harm's way. Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 That's important for people in harm's way, who need as much time as possible to decide whether to evacuate, and to prepare their homes for wind and water. Rebecca Hersher, NPR, 28 June 2025 Autonomous vehicles have drawn scrutiny from the government officials and independent groups like the Dawn Project, a computer safety advocacy company, which argues that Tesla's self-driving technology puts children in harm's way. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for harm's way
Recent Examples of Synonyms for harm's way
Noun
  • But in April, according to NPR, the U.S. government eliminated all humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and Yemen, where, the State Department said at the time, providing food risks benefiting terrorists.
    Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 15 July 2025
  • While a lot of good can come from a cup of cloud coffee, there also can be risks.
    Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 15 July 2025
Noun
  • President Trump has now signed into law a federal budget that puts our environmental health protections in dire jeopardy.
    Liz Hurtado, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
  • The free, two-day festival was put in jeopardy after President Donald Trump's administration cut $1.2 million in funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
    Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • That’s the unfortunate dual-use conundrum associated with contemporary AI, allowing AI to be used for goodness and also for badness (see my analysis of the dangers of dual-use AI at the link here).
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • But even if the out-of-towners from Austin, Dallas, and beyond in the campgrounds along the river did receive these alerts on their phones, how many of them would have fully grasped the danger?
    John Seabrook, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • View gallery - 5 images Harley-Davidson’s boardroom troubles are there for everyone to see.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 July 2025
  • Miranda had trouble finding harpy eagle experts who were willing to co-author this paper with him.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 July 2025

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“Harm's way.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harm%27s%20way. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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