threat
Example Sentences
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Earlier this year, the Scottish government warned that Scotland was facing a serious and escalating threat from wildfires.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
Anthropic and OpenAI also sell AI agents to enterprises for a variety of knowledge work tasks, but Bhusri says he doesn’t view them as a threat.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
And, as the S&P surveys show, the longer the conflict goes on, the greater the threat it poses to the economy.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
When Duncan discovers this, he proposes a threat in the form of deal: If she’ll help him, he won’t expose her.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
It was how the bears investigated something new, spiraling in toward it to assess the threat.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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