Promoting global initiatives always run a risk of masking enormous differences [sự khác biệt lớn] in human resources and ignoring diversity [sự đa dạng] of human desires.
Having a fluid dialogue — a back and forth — is important, because majority investors run a risk if they’re telling the CEO, who has been running the company for some time, how he or she is supposed to operate.
Average citizens may wish to be cautious and comply [tuân theo, đồng ý với] with police, it said; if they don’t, they run a risk that they could be charged with willfully obstructing [gây trở ngại] an officer. But “a well-informed person does not commit a civil fault merely by refusing to comply with an order that proves to be unlawful,” Justice Côté wrote. “A person whose rights are infringed [vi phạm] must be able to respond — within reason, of course — without being held civilly liable [trách nhiệm về mặt pháp lý].”
People who criticize many of today’s biggest acts run the risk of being doxxed and harassed, displaying behavior that can’t simply be attributed to the quality of someone’s music. —Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2024 The hybrid also removes the need for a tow vehicle, which runs the risk of falling into the water while releasing a boat, Tice said. —Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2024 Those that refuse will run the risk of ostracization—and although Beijing and Moscow may not be afraid of the costs of being uncooperative, smaller countries and companies may be. —Jonathan Corrado, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024 As some experts have warned, AI that is built by a predominantly white, male and Western workforce runs the risk of embedding biases, such as by failing to create AI that doesn’t operate well in languages millions of people speak. —TIME, 8 Feb. 2024 Anything in the middle runs the risk of sending your creation into the uncanny valley, a place dreaded by roboticists everywhere. —Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024 However, those tactics run the risk of increasing future deficits, as a new analysis of higher education spending by Petek’s office points out. —Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024 May 21 – June 20 Joking around runs the risk of hitting a nerve at this time. —Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2024 Both men are aware that even this limited interaction runs the risk of alienating their followers or of being misconstrued in the press. —Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
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