threaten
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He also denied assaulting the executive director and said he did not threaten female labor leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Rising borrowing costs threaten to disrupt the stock market and slow the economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But if I take Coxon’s concerns seriously, is A.I. really getting close to being able to threaten humanity?
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
Rising Treasury yields can threaten the stock market in several ways, including by making the safety of government bonds more attractive than riskier equities.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
A shiver of anticipation makes my heart threaten to burst.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
The letter says the plan threatens the “entire fabric of California’s agricultural economy.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Australia could soon give citizens the choice to opt out of them under new legislation that also threatens big tech companies with fines if they fail to protect young users from harmful content.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
That does not just embarrass the network, it threatens the corporation itself.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
"This crime really threatens our communities," he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
A nurse comes with a cart that threatens to have more food on it.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
Amodei warned in his essay that AI was rapidly improving itself, through a process known as recursive self-improvement, which threatened to outpace humans’ ability to control it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Regan denied that he threatened Orr, calling the claims “completely fabricated.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Joly has threatened to launch a lawsuit against Stellantis, for failing to follow through with the Jeep Compass production, and vowed to recover the millions of dollars that governments provided to the car maker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Against Sabah FK, Sesko had threatened with an impudent first-half back-flick before Mbeumo sent him running beyond the visitors' defence.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
He looked like I’d threatened to skin him.
From "Worth" by A. LaFaye
Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro is threatening a lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
But they were later classed as carcinogenic, banned worldwide, and are seen today as the first "forever chemicals" - which are building up in the environment, threatening wildlife and human health.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
I had already given myself the thing they were threatening to withhold.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Artificial intelligence is threatening the future of entry-level jobs in the fields many people study in college.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
It was the morning after their encounter with Sciron the bandit, and Jason was on duty, fighting some wild venti who were threatening the ship.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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