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Examples
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You wouldn't have to be scared o 'riskin' somethin 'on that.
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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"There's to be no question of it bein 'a legal union, and no way open for annulment, or we're all riskin' our necks."
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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February 23, 2008 at 9:52 pm i b riskin 2 liv n a kitteh hive! i face teh pointy enz 4 teh purr!
third wheel kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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US troops are riskin their lives to protect Iraqis from the baby bomber brigade- and all they get is criticism!
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I'm not one to be riskin 'Scary Dan grumbling at me.
miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2004
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You see, they was a couple of tricks Big Sam taught me in the jungle that was not in the book an now was the time to use them-namely, The Cookin Pot Variation of The Coconut Gambit, in which I use my queen as bait an sucker that bastid into riskin his knight to take her.
Forrest Gump Groom, Winston, 1944- 1986
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Considerable opposition was voiced to this radical selection, but Mott and the other NASA types found that Claggett was immovable: "I'm riskin" my ass in it.
Space Michener, James 1982
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Sometimes, "Muldoon went on, wanning to his subject," in between episodes of riskin 'life and limb on behalf of an indifferent public, you might say, there are lonely, dreary, periods of waitin' that try even the most hardened" "
The Lunatic Fringe DeAndrea, William L. 1980
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"But still, Dominic-a man like you, riskin 'his life again an' again, sent almost alone against all Ardazir-because someone doesn't like you!"
Agent Of The Terran Empire Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1965
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He is just a riskin parishin, dats what he is a doin.
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