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at stake1At risk: people’s lives could be at stake...- The tempo of the game was at the highest point as both teams threw everything into the game with so much at stake.
- For professional huntsman Richard Emmott the Government's ban means his job and home are at stake.
- Much more is at stake in the battle which is about to get under way.
2At issue or in question: the logical response is to give up, but there’s more at stake than logic...- There does not seem to me to be a fundamental issue of jurisprudence at stake, but more a question of evidence.
- The issues at stake are issues that people of faith need to confront.
- There are several issues at stake here, but two stand out in particular.
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