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endanger

[en-dayn-jayr] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr /


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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

At least nine companies sell pricey pesticide treatments or natural oil sprays for the backyard that are supposed to repel deer, or ticks, sparking an angry debate over whether they also endanger pets and pollinators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

AI researchers, experts and bosses worried about the technology's potential to endanger humanity have outlined unsettling scenarios.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Lana warned against approaching Anak Krakatoa saying materials ejected from the volcano could endanger those within the exclusion zone.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

But he didn’t want to give Jordan the satisfaction of knowing that he had hurt him, and he didn’t want to endanger Angel.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

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

“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

An emissions proposal from the International Maritime Organization endangers the industry—and all of commercial shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026

Hublin says, “We are always acquiring, yes? All across the world, industrialization endangers mineral deposits. We collect as many types of minerals as exist. To a curator, none is superior to any other.”

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The famed railroad line along the San Clemente coast has found itself on the endangered list amid a relentless assault from rising seas and punishing surf.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

But due process is endangered if victims can’t report allegations without facing public abuse and threats of being falsely accused themselves that it becomes psychologically impossible to live their lives.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Ottawa has also worked to shore up ocean protection funding and rules to protect marine life that could be affected by increased coastal tanker traffic, including the endangered Southern Resident killer whales.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The researchers also formally described Anchiale mabiensis, a new species found in Queensland's critically endangered Mabi rainforest on the Atherton Tablelands.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

For although I had not intended it, any act that endangered the continuity of the dream was an act of treason.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

Compounding the problem: Drought, heat waves and an unusually strong El Niño weather pattern are also endangering harvests around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"He joins 16 other pilots sentenced in just three months for endangering lives with flimsy, overcrowded dinghies," she said.

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

Eisenkot also criticised Netanyahu for "allowing anarchists like Zvi Sukkot and his ilk to do whatever they please, endangering security in the settlements and harming Israel's standing in the world".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

As if me being on this ship is endangering everyone on it.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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