Sentence examples for absurd risk from inspiring English sources

Many lost chunks of their 401(k) retirement funds, which were invested in Enron shares: an absurd risk for supposedly prudential savings schemes.

Insisting that the Afghans abandon an air platform that they have relied on for over thirty years for an entirely new -- and much more complex aircraft -- with which they have zero operational experience, is an absurd risk that will generate relatively few jobs back in the United States.

In contrast, Mr Kolodko's name has become associated with flamboyant press conferences, a penchant for populist slogans and voodoo economics.Jean-Jacques GranasWarsawRisky businessSIR – Your survey of risk rightly points out the absurd risk-reward ratios in the area of environmental regulations and attributes much of it to the irrational fears of voters (January 24th).

That huge numbers of refugees will try to reach Europe whatever the absurd risks, and whether we like it or not.

The eponymous couple in "Oscar and Lucinda" go to absurd risks hauling a 12-ton church made of glass, girded by an iron framework, into the Australian outback.

The government may choose to run the big high street banks so that the worst excesses of recent years - the absurd risks, the unwarranted salaries, the short-termist approach to investment - are reined in.

Protected by an implied taxpayer safety net, they have a built-in motivation to start taking absurd risks again, as memories of the trauma of 2008 begin to fade.

Until Americans understand how gas prices are set, they will be fooled into taking absurd risks with their beaches and fisheries (think Deepwater Horizon Disaster in the Gulf of Mexico) because they think it will produce cheaper gasoline.

(When ADIA originally sat down with Citi the firm's shares were worth approximately $34...this was not a risky investment...it only became a disaster because the Citi leadership had obviously taken absurd risks and Wall Street was no longer willing to support their malarkey--thus the current share price of $3.20).

Sometimes no, because in its extreme it can lead people to take absurd physical risks, gamble or indulge in substance abuse as a way to ease it, research shows.

It's not an unsurprising request considering Canada's recent track record of absurd "flight risks".