imperil

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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

"India is a big enough power," Clary says, "that disequilibrium does not imperil its continued rise."

From BBC • May 7, 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

In the mid-19th century, do-gooders such as William Alcott and Sarah Josepha Hale began urging children be fed a bland diet, lest rich flavoring imperil their health and futures.

From The Wall Street Journal • 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