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endanger

[en-dayn-jayr] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr /


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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

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

Yet a series of hikes could hurt the bull market in stocks or endanger the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Many faced the same stark decision: Staying would endanger their health and that of others who had escaped the tsunami.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

“It puts the small businesses and nonprofits that put on shows every night at risk. And, it endangers fans’ economic well-being.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

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

One key objection was the mature tone of the narrative, in which the child protagonist is directly confronted and endangered by the evils derived from fascist ideologies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Wildfires have piled pressure on already endangered orangutans, forcing local groups and authorities to carry out high-stakes rescues of animals suffering smoke inhalation and burns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 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

Calculated incorrectly, the ball would go out of bounds, the astronauts life endangered.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

A Home Office spokesman said Abdela was the 20th small boat pilot to be imprisoned in four months for endangering lives at sea.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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

A teenager who piloted a dinghy carrying a then-record 165 migrants across the English Channel to the UK has pleaded guilty to endangering others during a sea crossing.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

He’d been arrested earlier that year while in charge of another air force regiment, for endangering the life of a top government official by failing to fly with him through a dust storm.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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