endanger
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The transit agency said that if delays continued much longer, it would endanger their ability to get L.A. and neighboring communities ready in time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Managers at the newspaper also argued that her mention of “a white man” could endanger the physical safety of Post employees.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
After this month's raids, security chief Chris Tang said booksellers must ensure the items they sell "do not endanger national security".
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Tottenham forward did not mean to stand on the back of Virgil van Dijk's leg, but he did and it was judged to endanger the safety of the opponent.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
He would both scare off prey and endanger me with his heavy tread.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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
None of this endangers the mathematical theory of relativity or the empirical science that confirms it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 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
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
The International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species has registered the European eel a critically endangered species, external, the category closest to extinction.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
I looked to my left, where two endangered polar bears stood on a sheet of ice, ocean looming behind them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"It will be terrible for some of the birds, seabirds that are nesting here that are quite endangered."
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Dean delights in winning over doubters, though they are becoming an endangered species at her concerts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
“Naw. He said I’d probably be a scientist one day. Save endangered species and stuff. He called me Dr. Gale all night. It was goofy. And cool.”
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
It also cannot be ruled out that Iranian hackers might one day succeed in endangering US water supplies, experts added.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Getting such a charter would give huge latitude to crypto banks, endangering unsophisticated investors, critics say.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
But when the salt company shuttered in 2013, the pumping that maintained the basins stopped, endangering the environment the birds have come to rely on.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
In each series, a large sum of money has disappeared, endangering those who know or supposedly know where it is.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
Helping Mrs. Janssen means endangering my whole family.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
