endanger
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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
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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
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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
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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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