serious danger
Frequency: 9.022.5 per million words
a risk that has severe consequences
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- The patient is in serious danger of organ failure if we don't act now.
- Ignoring the warning signs, the hikers put themselves in serious danger.
- Scientists warn that many species are in serious danger of extinction.
- With its mounting debts, the company was in serious danger of bankruptcy.
- Only later did we realize the serious danger we had been in.
- The country is in serious danger of losing its democratic freedoms.
- There is a serious danger that the dam will break during the storm.
- The report highlighted the serious danger posed by the unsecured chemical plant.
- He is in serious danger of losing his job if his performance doesn't improve.
- The old bridge was in serious danger of collapsing under the weight of the traffic.