endanger
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Conventional logic would suggest that Iran should avoid actions that could endanger diplomacy.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
North Korea, believing that Chinese-style economic reforms would endanger the absolute control of the Kim dynasty, built up a nuclear arsenal to shore up the regime’s power indefinitely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
“Today’s guilty plea demonstrates our commitment to holding those accountable who endanger the safety of our federal personnel,” First Assitant U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
Shortly afterward, lawmakers amended the country's glacier protection law to relax restrictions on mining in areas of permafrost, despite fears the new law could endanger crucial water supplies.
From Barron's ● May 23, 2026
No, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to endanger her.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
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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
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
Hublin says, “We are always acquiring, yes? All across the world, industrialization endangers mineral deposits. We collect as many types of minerals as exist. To a curator, none is superior to any other.”
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Native to Sumatra, Indonesia, these plants are endangered in the wild and only bloom for 24 to 48 hours every few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
"When a dam blocks stream passage, threatened and endangered salmon suffer; when forests with nesting trees for marbled murrelets are logged, threatened murrelets slide closer to extinction," the complaint said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
His brand of patrician conservatism, Ms. Jones writes, “remains one of the most recognizable, if increasingly endangered, traditions within contemporary British political discussion and analysis.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
A survey of the Blean will focus on six endangered species that are found there, including the the heath fritillary butterfly, one of the UK's rarest, and the turtle dove.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
As much as I valued education and was experiencing the benefits of mine, I didn’t want my girls’ lives to be endangered.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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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
While supplements can play a vital role in enhancing our wellbeing when needed, some experts are warning we have become so eager to optimise our health, we are now at risk of endangering it.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Min Zin was detained “on suspicion of conducting espionage and endangering China’s national security” and placed under “criminal coercive measures,” Lin said, meaning that he is being investigated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
"It is endangering our lives and our business," said Nicholas, 42, a souvenir vendor who did not want to give his surname for fear of reprisals.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Later one conquistador reassured his countrymen that they could walk across these Inka inventions “without endangering themselves.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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