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hazardous

[haz-er-duhs] / ˈhæz ər dəs /


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Opponents have told the government it would be a breach of a 1998 convention signed by Australia to ship hazardous waste to a Pacific island country.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

For many patients, a daily pill replaced the need for a hazardous transplant, though transplantation remains an option when the disease becomes resistant to the drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

"Rivers that are normally completely frozen have overflowed where they hadn't historically," he told the BBC, causing layered, unstable ice sheets that are hazardous to travel over in winter months.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The memoir of a former New York City subway motorman details his hazardous workdays below the streets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

All I can say is that Roger Ebert said it best: First love is sweet and valuable, a blessed, if hazardous, condition.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon




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