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endanger

[en-deyn-jeyr] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr /


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A blocked street can delay an ambulance or endanger someone whose emergency has nothing to do with immigration enforcement.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

North Korea, believing that Chinese-style economic reforms would endanger the absolute control of the Kim dynasty, built up a nuclear arsenal to shore up the regime’s power indefinitely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Conventional logic would suggest that Iran should avoid actions that could endanger diplomacy.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

“These additional allowances would not only endanger our emissions targets, they would also flood the auction market and depress cap-and-invest revenues,” said Pam Odell of the group Climate Action California.

From Los Angeles Times May 30, 2026

“You succeeded in your first test, but Pasiphaë intends to rebuild her domain, which will endanger all demigods. Unless you stop her at the House of Hades...”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Although it endangers his secret Traitor identity, he tries to protect Funches.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

The judge emphasized that Dobbs focused on a right to elective abortion, while Seyb’s case “tests how far Idaho may go when a woman’s pregnancy severely endangers her health.”

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

None of this endangers the mathematical theory of relativity or the empirical science that confirms it.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

An emissions proposal from the International Maritime Organization endangers the industry—and all of commercial shipping.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

But for the Director, even the slightest disobedience endangers his vision of his absolute authority in here.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

In June, the site was added to the World Monuments Fund’s “Irreplaceable America” list of 10 endangered historic sites in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

The traditional closer, once one of the game’s most prestigious and well-compensated positions, has become an endangered species.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

At the same time, the results may offer hope for endangered species with small or highly inbred populations.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

And they use tools -- research last year showed a critically endangered population of orcas in the Salish Sea breaking off pieces of seaweed to rub and groom each other.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

“But how hard your mind must have worked and how you endangered yourself to the extreme point where vertigo is inevitable.”

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

Three men were arrested on Saturday in Gironde -- where a wildfire has already scorched 32,000 hectares -- on suspicion of endangering lives, prosecutors said.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

Getting such a charter would give huge latitude to crypto banks, endangering unsophisticated investors, critics say.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

"The comprehensive investigation concluded that this was a case of endangering public safety caused by personal reasons," the statement said.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Chinese authorities said they arrested a Northern California scholar earlier this month, accusing him of espionage and endangering national security.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

I think of Asase’s speech about my refusal to accept my grief possibly endangering the world … just like Nansi.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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