threatening
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The shortage is also threatening the production of everything from semiconductors to military drone components and space rockets.
But as applied to Ms. Chiles, it functions as a state control of what she may say, threatening therapists “with fines, probation, and the loss of their licenses simply for expressing a particular view.”
Several companies face the loss of patent protection on top-selling medicines in the next several years, threatening the loss of tens of billions of dollars in sales apiece.
The shortage is straining a market where supplies can’t be switched on quickly, threatening to hamper production of everything from semiconductors to military-drone components and space rockets.
Fighting the hurt that’s threatening to spill out of my eyes, I stand taller, gather back some of the power they’re trying to take from me.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
