threaten
Example Sentences
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The commission also is currently investigating how other business practices, such as foreign vessel-flagging and constraints at maritime chokepoints, such as the Suez Canal, threaten U.S. trade flows.
Environmental advocates said the proposal would take too much water out of the Delta and threaten fish already in severe decline.
From Los Angeles Times
Unlike the decades-old, highly organized independence movement in French-speaking Quebec province, Alberta's fractious separatist camp has not previously threatened Canadian unity.
From Barron's
That is also pushing up prices for less flashy chips used in consumer electronics -- threatening higher prices for phones, laptops and other devices worldwide.
From Barron's
Iran also has significant stockpiles of antiship cruise missiles and torpedo boats, as well as many drones that can threaten U.S. ships.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
