threatened
Example Sentences
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Zverev has done exactly that to record the greatest season of a career which had threatened to fall short of the lofty expectations placed on him since he emerged as a teenage prodigy.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Among the flowers were several threatened species, adding ecological significance to the seasonal spectacle.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The address issue has long been contentious in the woodsy town of 3,200 people on the Monterey Peninsula, where residents once threatened to secede from California if they were forced to number their homes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Seoul had already summoned Kyiv's ambassador and threatened unspecified "further measures".
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
One man, threatened, his hands shaking, can’t tie his horse to the post.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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