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imperil

[im-per-uhl] / ɪmˈpɛr əl /


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But he warns that even using the 4% rule, persistently high inflation would imperil portfolios by making retirees withdraw more and more money each year.

From Barron's May 30, 2026

One is that it can’t be sold in European Union countries, because the EU has found that its exterior design can imperil pedestrians.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

The Justice Department filed an appeal against Leon's ruling on Thursday, arguing it "would imperil the president and national security and indefinitely leave a large hole beside the Executive Residence".

From BBC Apr. 18, 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

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

The work stoppage imperils GM’s heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups, as the automaker has limited axle stock.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

And now investors worry AI imperils the equity and credit of traditional software businesses.

From Barron's Feb. 6, 2026

The court’s action imperils the CPSC’s ability to ban products that may maim or kill consumers, including children, giving corporations freer rein to flood the market with dangerous goods.

From Slate Jul. 24, 2025

Previous reports commissioned by the Navy have found that weapons testing on San Clemente Island increases the likelihood of devastating wildfire and imperils some of the island’s species.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2024

The Honorable Judge Edmund Harrison of Maryland issued a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of “promulgating an infernal orthodoxy that imperils the fabric of good society.”

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

Inventories of crude are the least imperiled, but there’s more concern about inventories for products such as gasoline and diesel.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

The low-lying island is seriously threatened by rising sea levels, and has been a strong voice on the international stage for impoverished countries imperiled by climate change.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

The dispute imperiled funding that was deemed essential for Southern California’s resurgent defense and aerospace sectors.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

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

Canada's federal government on Monday gave Marineland conditional approval to sell its 30 imperilled beluga whales to parks in the United States, after rejecting an export request to China.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

"This is a landmark victory for the Everglades and countless Americans who believe this imperilled wilderness should be protected, not exploited," said Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2025

The actions of the Chinese coastguard vessel "imperilled the safety of the crew" of the Philippine boat, the task force said.

From Reuters Oct. 22, 2023

Thus they “are emissaries from an imperilled ecosystem.”

From Washington Post Feb. 6, 2023

To vote confidence in an imperilled ministry, and on its defeat to take office with the rivals who have defeated it, is a manœuvre which invites the reproach of tergiversation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

In the film, Rogan reads from Swan’s book, Countdown, that “the modern world is threatening sperm counts and is imperiling the future of the human race.”

From Slate Apr. 16, 2026

Such productivity-focused products are becoming widely adopted in the workforce, and OpenAI has so far lagged behind its startup rival Anthropic in winning this market, imperiling its lead in the AI race.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

Growing competition and weak margins—Rivian has never posted a quarterly profit—are further imperiling the sector.

From Barron's Oct. 2, 2025

That means they are also imperiling some of the world’s most important food-producing lowlands in the Nile and Mekong deltas and cities from Shanghai to New York.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2025

Every victim was a culprit, every culprit a victim, and somebody had to stand up sometime to try to break the lousy chain of inherited habit that was imperiling them all.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

Along with gaseous reactive nitrogen, satellites burning up as they re-enter the atmosphere at the end of their lives leave tiny particles of aluminum oxide, imperilling the still-recovering ozone layer.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2025

Officials held the robot for 10 days, imperilling plans to show her work at the Great Pyramid of Giza on Thursday.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2021

In 2007, the family business of Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, paid $1.8 billion for 666 Fifth Avenue, which promptly fell dramatically in value, imperilling the Kushner real-estate empire.

From The New Yorker Sep. 3, 2018

The idea that someone like Zygier had violated Mossad's code of silence, perhaps even imperilling lives, provoked soul-searching in Israel.

From Reuters Feb. 14, 2013

I rushed to her assistance, imperilling a little my own life, and from that time the gratitude of the Anney family for me had no bounds.

From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Sienkiewicz, Henryk




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