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menace(verb, expose, uncertainty, risk, defy)
8
activity(noun, business, go, interest, firm)
8
crack(noun, go, energy, struggle, try)
8
feat(noun, action, act, energy, informal)
8
investment(noun, drop, fall, pitch, plunge)
8
lay on the line(verb, expression, idiom, expose, risk)
8
play pool
8
punt(noun, verb, put at risk)
8
put(verb, set, back, speculate, risk)
8
romance(noun, excitement, allure, flight, adventure)
8
run a risk(verb, expression, idiom, put at risk, take a risk)
7
aim(noun, verb, work, attack, determine)
7
back(verb, set, game, speculate, risk)
7
defy(verb, take, set, meet, oppose)
7
fling(noun, study, go, energy, crack)
7
plunge(noun, verb, company, drop, set)
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put on the line(verb, put at risk, take a risk, take risk)
7
shot(noun, go, work, energy, crack)
7
stab(noun, go, energy, crack, informal)
7
struggle(noun, verb, go, work, attack)
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