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endanger

[en-dayn-jayr] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr /


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Some boomer and Gen X parents and grandparents, however, are hesitant, fearing doing this could endanger their own financial security if they run into steep healthcare or long-term-care costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Please look into this so we do not endanger everyone we are trying to protect,” the nurse wrote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Rees, of Harcourt Avenue, Sidcup, was convicted in January at Woolwich Crown Court of causing an explosion likely to endanger life.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

‘And it behooves us to strive with care and not endanger this amicable relationship already established. Then by gradual means a better condition will come about.’

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Unions and construction trade groups are warning that limiting construction endangers thousands of building-related jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

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

It shows a "a dangerous desire to play with fire" that endangers stability in Germany, one government source charged.

From Barron's ● May 29, 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

Before 2016 pandas were considered endangered but are now listed as "vulnerable" by wildlife advocates, and an estimated 1,800 pandas live in the wild.

From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026

The trust said the animals were among the most endangered primates in South America.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

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

Although the bridge repair is urgent, our endangered species, once gone, cannot be brought back.

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

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

If you never go out without sunscreen, you may be endangering your health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

That night, radiation fell from the clouds in a flurry of rain and snow, endangering the residents of towns that weren’t in the evacuation zone.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland


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