peril
Example Sentences
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For some, that highlighted the peril of “looking through” a surge in energy prices by leaving borrowing costs unchanged and expecting the shock to be self-correcting.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
I hope his story can be remembered not because of its tragedy, but because it demanded a future where people deserving refuge are not thrown into peril.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026
Ukraine knows the peril and the challenge better than anyone else.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Some believe that the financial peril that plummeting to the Championship would bring is partly due to a reluctance to take financial risks in recent years.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026
For he knew his deadly peril and the thread upon which his doom now hung.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.