in jeopardy
Example Sentences
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Small builders, who have long considered themselves to be legally in the clear to sell Strat-shaped guitars, say Fender’s actions could put their business in jeopardy.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
“The amount of lives he put in jeopardy for that is so not worth it, including his own.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The ministers said Peru's reputation was in jeopardy after interim president Jose Maria Balcazar said Tuesday he had would leave it up to the winner of June's presidential runoff to finalize the agreement.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
A missing zero put Sarah’s grocery money in jeopardy.
From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026
“You put yourself in jeopardy keeping those,” says the second policeman.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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