peril
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Underestimate the physical demands, external of this non-contact sport at your peril.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
GM and the broader U.S. industry still face potential peril.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
It was in this context, that AllHere, in corporate financial peril, allegedly paid for Carvalho’s travel to the White House gathering, where Carvalho was featured, sources said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
People fleeing persecution because of their political beliefs, gender or sexuality, and how they pray will face certain peril.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
He said the right dreams for a man in peril were dreams of peril and all else was the call of languor and of death.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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Just a couple of days before that now-infamous blog post, the firm inadvertently provided a different, no-less-perfect example of the perils of mass digitization.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
“ProPublica’s reporting shows the perils of not having this law,” Rubin said.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
But by steering the live-action Prime Video adaptation directly into the anxieties of the zeitgeist, showrunner Eric Kripke has transformed the superhero satire into a terrifying tale about the perils of authoritarianism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
But when it’s not discussing existential perils of the universe, the document also happens to explain the business model of SpaceX.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
It was because of this continuous stream of undocumented human souls that, a few months after our arrival, my mother warned me about the perils of a favourite habit of mine: begging for food.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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One night last week an old dog periled the Earl's new job.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Whether Franklin Roosevelt consciously led the U.S. to war, or hoped to keep the U.S. out by a daring support of its periled friends, will be historians' debating ground for years to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
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We all realize that we live in periled times, and our nation must be prepared to defend itself at a moment's notice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Another young man periled his life for you," some one answered; but who it was Dorothy could not learn, and in that moment she was glad enough to call for Jack—poor, faithful Jack Garner.
From Pretty Madcap Dorothy Or, How She Won a Lover by Libbey, Laura Jean
The friend and counselor of Tooke and Holcroft, he was obnoxious to the Government, but his retired habits saved him from the prosecutions that periled the lives of his more active associates.
From Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland by Stanton, Henry B.
Justice Department attorneys respond that fears about Snepp's being a loose cannon periling the First Amendment rights of all sorts of people are greatly exaggerated.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And you, sir, a citizen of high standing and repute, were detected in the act of transferring many of these important papers to a spy, thus periling the safety of the nation.
From Mary Louise by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
What!—already faint-hearted!—A miracle of beauty such as Darville described is well worth periling one's neck to gaze upon.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
He had informed Butler's agent; he had watched day and night; had given the Unionists plans of the grounds; was now periling his own rescue to bring the arch-traitor to his doom.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)
He reconnoitred every available point, searched every corner of possible danger, and as the time passed he began to rage with impatience against Dick, whose delay was now periling the success of the enterprise.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)
But a monarch of the forest flung his head in furious rage, Naught he cared for sovereign sahib, sought some foe now to engage; While the crowd in panic parted, perilled pundits sought a sage.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I had perilled my life for it, and few men do as much for an opinion; for this reason I resolved, come what would, to maintain my ground, and hold fast to my conviction.
From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James
Lester, he will not release the bird for which he has perilled so much," she said, with frank confidence in her tones, "and we must devise some means to save both him and his prize.
From Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt
His feelings toward the devoted and interesting maiden, who had perilled and suffered so much on his account, were enthusiastic in the highest degree.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia or, The Recluse of Jamestown. Vol. II by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
In that case," said Nina, quietly, "Mademoiselle has only perilled herself for nothing.
From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James
Humbly and earnestly I sought to the God of wisdom and light to guide me; and I never felt for a moment that I was perilling my salvation.
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth
He had been thinking more of her through that wild ride than of the friend whose life he was perilling his own to save.
From Round Anvil Rock A Romance by Banks, Nancy Huston
His mind belittled the cause for which her idolized father was, at that moment, perilling his life, and to which her dearest friends had consecrated themselves.
From An Original Belle by Roe, Edward Payson
She was perilling her own in order to accompany and assist his expedition.
From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
And I," said William with the Long Sword, Earl of Salisbury, "protest in my turn against my royal brother perilling his life, which is the property of the people of England, in such a cause.
From The Talisman by Scott, Walter, Sir
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