enormous risk

collocation in English

meaningsofenormousandrisk

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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risk
noun
uk
/rɪsk/us
/rɪsk/
the possibility of something ...
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(Definition ofenormousandriskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am not going to run theenormousrisk.
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This is anenormousriskand an enormous gamble.
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Surely the most fundamental interests of the gladiators are put atenormousrisk, and the potential gains very likely do not outweigh those risks.
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His family could be threatened, apart from theenormousriskthat he would take himself.
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It ran anenormousrisk, because here were people who were actually single-parent families themselves.
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For a nebulous deterrence we are placing our country atenormousrisk.
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These vessels are, therefore, saddled with an incubus which exposes them toenormousrisk.
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That would be to take anenormousriskwith the constitutional arrangements.
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We are put atenormousriskwhen we allow that to happen.
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That indicates theenormousriskthat people take when they innovate and the need to give them sympathetic financial treatment.
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Why, in that case, must we do the refining and the research work for ourselves at thisenormousrisk?
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Every important political decision involves a risk, and a decision to give a country independence involvesenormousrisk.
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There is artenormousriskthat, in tying up one loose end, other threads will be broken.
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It is not a tatty area and there is anenormousriskof its being spoilt by this installation.
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They knew perfectly well theenormousriskthey were taking.
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He tookenormousriskto defend peoples right.
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This posed anenormousriskto her safety.
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They know what anenormousriskthey are taking in buying a house and having a huge mortgage to pay off.
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We know that if we leave children in children's homes, and do not give them permanent families, they are atenormousrisk.
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In my opinion, this is physical irresponsibility with regard to the drivers, and, secondly, it puts every road user atenormousrisk.
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But it does not bring in enough to justify theenormousriskwe take in exporting such large quanities of capital.
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In most cases they are the same people, and they are having to invest a great deal of money and to take anenormousrisk.
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They are stirring up fears that any foodstuff that has anything to do with genetic engineering poses anenormousriskto the consumer.
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It is fairly obvious that the large factory, which is atenormousrisk, can afford to have a large security force.
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