imperil

Example Sentences

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The hit could imperil the U.A.E.’s agenda to establish itself as a premier global hub for data centers powering artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Press rights advocates have expressed concern that the administration’s approach could have a chilling effect on coverage and imperil journalists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

Should Roblox lose these cases, the penalties could add up quickly and imperil the company’s image—potentially leading to a moral panic.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

It’s designed to push us into less-tapped areas of empathy for a forgotten class of citizens who are willing to imperil their lives for something more than mere survival.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Altogether it is thought–though it is really only a guess, based on extrapolating from cratering rates on the Moon–that some two thousand asteroids big enough to imperil civilized existence regularly cross our orbit.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson