At stake

What is at stake in these next 20 minutes is the championship.

Doesn't he realize that all of our lives are at stake here too?

I see my reputation is at stake My fame is shrewdly gored.

How, Lucia, wou’dst thou have me sink away In pleasing Dreams, and lose my self in Love, When ev’ry moment Cato’s Life’s at Stake?

[…] as I have a great deal more at stake on this point than anybody else can have, I think it rather unnecessary in you to be advising me.