jeopardy
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It’s a thankless job, and one that also comes with legal jeopardy.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
Things wouldn’t have had to escalate to that level to create legal jeopardy for the mayor—and for other officials, or anyone who joined him in planning such an unlawful “arrest.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Haiti, Iraq, Jordan, Panama, Tunisia and Uzbekistan failed to pick up a point - and this summer's group stage had minimal jeopardy for the top nations.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Ask yourself what things seem to be in jeopardy in our Constitution and find a way to make a change for those.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
I was afraid to seek out Colonel Regan, afraid that word would get back to Madam and our lives be put in jeopardy.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Her second record, The Art of Loving, is brimming with memorable songs about the jeopardies and joys of falling in love.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
The difference is that guarding the nation is not just another job; it is a moral obligation involving jeopardies and commitments that cannot safely be jobbed out, in effect, on a mercenary basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another type of response is elicited by this column when we report on the joys and jeopardies encountered by individual staff members in preparing stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
And there the sisters are placed in strange and typical Village jeopardies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Still there are pretty grave and anxious drawbacks, jeopardies, fears.
From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt
Vocabulary lists containing jeopardy
The Bill of Rights
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