Sentence examples for risking catastrophe from inspiring English sources

The man, Sean Benschop, faces six counts on that charge, six counts of risking catastrophe and other charges, said Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison.

Risking catastrophe, we drill a mile under water to get to oil that ultimately will be used to make mountains of garbage.

My conclusion after five years' research was that while Hoover may have spent much of his life repressing his private urges while building an image of himself as the acme of sexual purity, he did sometimes lapse – risking catastrophe every time.

Not to do so risks catastrophe.

Any mistake on his part risks catastrophe.

Or risk catastrophe by wearing it?

"Misreading history risks catastrophe," he warned in 2001.

He warned repeatedly that the world risked catastrophe if weapons of mass destruction were ever used in war.

This is the true "absurdity" in the present negotiations, and Tsipras' misapprehension of his bargaining power now risks catastrophe for his country, humiliation for his Syriza party, or both.

From subtle effects on health all the way to the potential for disrupting the weather, such a massive injection of electromagnetic radiation into the air would have risked catastrophe.

It's a year away from 30, by which time they are supposed to affect some impression of growing up - marriage, babies, steady employment and the like - else they risk catastrophe (like Lily Bart in The House of Mirth) or family scorn (like Valancy Stirling in LM Montgomery's underrated classic The Blue Castle).