threaten
Example Sentences
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Families described how they had to instruct solicitors, threaten court action and, as in Jacqueline's case, hire debt collectors to recoup money owed to them.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
And in rain, the muddy dirt roads threaten to swallow your car.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Together, they threaten to remove long-standing tools for the public to hold corporations accountable.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Workers who can see few employers willing to hire are unlikely to threaten to quit unless paid more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
Sometimes the pain of our grief would break through the surface and threaten the fragile friendships we were nurturing.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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