imperil

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Microsoft on Tuesday warned a judge that the Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic could hamper US warfighters and imperil the country's drive to lead in artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

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

There is a temptation to gloat, laugh at and mock them, but that may be a trap which further imperil American democracy.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2026

And it would imperil the president’s military legacy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 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