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endanger

[en-dayn-jayr] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr /


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Bright Saver is trying to get UL Solutions, the main certifier, to exempt solar kits under 360 watts, which many experts agree produce too little power to endanger the grid or overwhelm a home’s wiring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

In his opinion, it could also endanger the artificial-intelligence capital-expenditure boom.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

It applies to monuments and architecture, but also works of art and books, requiring states to safeguard and respect cultural property and refrain from any actions that might endanger it.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Don’t force them to flout congressional intent or endanger lives in doing so.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Medwyn listened carefully, head cocked to one side, thoughtful, while Taran recounted Gurgi’s willingness to sacrifice his Own life rather than endanger the others.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Although it endangers his secret Traitor identity, he tries to protect Funches.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

The judge emphasized that Dobbs focused on a right to elective abortion, while Seyb’s case “tests how far Idaho may go when a woman’s pregnancy severely endangers her health.”

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026

Frontier AI developers are growing at a breakneck pace, fueling concerns over a lack of guardrails for a technology that endangers both corporate and national security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

“The de-extinction breathlessness,” says biologist Paul Knoepfler of UC Davis, “potentially endangers real animals for the sake of hypothetical future de-extincted ones.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

I will attempt to eat at the table, or read the newspaper there, but it’s so small and rickety that any wrong movement endangers the house.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

That’s what Ossoff sensed last fall, when he was considered to be the nation’s most endangered Democrat.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

Several forces made fiscal hawks an endangered species.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

This is Vantara: billed as the world's biggest animal rescue centre, but also the target of persistent criticism over how it amassed an unprecedented collection, including critically endangered animals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

They argued it will devastate threatened and endangered fish, including Chinook salmon, steelhead, green sturgeon, longfin smelt and Delta smelt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Well, peregrines are an endangered species,” he said.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

In March, a jury in that case ordered Meta to pay $375 million after finding the company liable for endangering children by making them vulnerable to predators on its platforms, among other harms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

Jemal Abdela, 32, was sentenced after pleading guilty to the offence of endangering others during a sea crossing to the UK without valid entry clearance on July 25.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Chan Mathok Atak, 19, from South Sudan, admitted endangering others during a sea crossing on 23 July.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Without collecting race and ethnicity data in the census, these estimates could not be produced, needlessly wasting resources and endangering lives.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Today the National Park Service employs a more casual approach to endangering wildlife: neglect.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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