The company is swimming in shark-infested waters with no life-saving device around to help bail it out.

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And the sure way to toughen them is to throw them into shark-infested waters and let them sink or swim.

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Whereas creating a video game is akin to swimming through shark-infested waters, a board game can be designed and prototyped shark-free.

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The 56km of rough, shark-infested waters and the venomous snakes for which the island is named usually put an end to any hope of escape.

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Hopes are fading that they will be recovered, though coast guard cutters and an aircraft are scouring the shark-infested waters between Cuba, south Florida and the Bahamas.

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Tossing chum into shark-infested waters is more like it.

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The loser of one popular game has to do a "forfeit, " such as singing "Puff the Magic Dragon" at the top of the mast, drinking beer through a snorkel and even swimming in shark-infested water.

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And these are shark-infested waters.

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