imperiled

Example Sentences

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Each company knows they're looking not just at profits but also at imperiled property and people.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

If researchers don’t figure out why so few survived, an imperiled icon of the California desert may disappear even more quickly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Barron’s advised readers to avoid Hims stock in March 2025, arguing that an end to the GLP-1 shortage imperiled shareholders.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

That story and all the thematic clones emerging in its wake center contradictory thought as heroic and easily imperiled because it muddies a convenient, consolidated prescription of how the world should work.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

This is the second lesson of Blink: understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell