How to Use risky move in a Sentence

risky move

noun
  • But that could be a risky move.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Is that a risky move to make for a movie right out of the gate?
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Experts warn that’s a risky move.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This sounds like another risky move.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 23 May 2026
  • This feels risky under the Leo full moon, but the risky move is the right move.
    — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2025
  • But what might feel like a risky move can in fact deliver a look that feels just right.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2023
  • So to do a show that cost probably more than average is a risky move, right?
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2024
  • Ciara, 39, took matters into her own hands with the risky move.
    — Marina Watts, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Arriving at the last minute hoping to take the final tender back to the ship is a risky move.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • But a short-term, high-interest loan is a deeply risky move that simply kicks an even heavier can down the road.
    — Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Overall, this looks like a risky move tactically that can break either way.
    — James Pearce, The Athletic, 1 July 2024
  • Of course, doing so is a risky move for the show, even though the plot of Season 2 has been kept lock and key.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The risky move was enough to get her a spot on the podium and her first individual Olympic medal.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • That’s a very risky move, considering how few people identify with that word.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023
  • This is a risky move for retail investors, said Iachini​, and a speculative play.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Undoubtedly a risky move on Costner's part though this isn't the first time he's put up his own capitol for a film.
    — Maggie Horton, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Starting any business — let alone a music store — was a risky move in early Kansas City.
    — Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Lubezki’s risky move paid off because the end result was exhilarating.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • However, there are many funding challenges in business as investors can see that lending money to a new business can be a risky move.
    — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • This can be a risky move — accounts aren’t always settled as hoped, which could leave you in a worse financial position, some experts say.
    — Sharon Epperson, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The Bucs spent a ton of money this offseason to double down on their roster — a risky move for a team that went 9-8 last year.
    — Jeff Weiner, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Building multiple streams of income Relying on a single source of income, like your day job, is a risky move.
    — Sam Dogen, CNBC, 6 May 2025
  • This risky move prompted Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott to chime in.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In a surprise, risky move, the Nose offers the feds evidence about the real killer of the former governor.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Dina went so far as to complain to Grant about Carolina's behavior — which is always a risky move.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The company pivoted from working with consumers to school districts, a risky move as many operate on tight budgets.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The risky move worked, as Henderson, who nearly won the game with a soft liner that landed just foul, grounded out softly to second base.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Providing testimony has been called a risky move for Bankman-Fried by many legal observers.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 Oct. 2023
  • As good as Finnie has been, relying on a 20-year-old rookie in such a prominent role is a risky move for a team with playoff hopes.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • For a band whose songs once felt inescapable to those coming of age in the early 2010s, vanishing for nearly a decade is a risky move.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 2 Apr. 2026

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