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threaten

[thret-n] / ˈθrɛt n /




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Along with SpaceX, the companies dominate the AI leaderboards, but more competition could threaten their status and targeted public valuations.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

In September 2026 similar fears were raised again after some AI researchers warned the tech could threaten humanity in the near future.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

High valuations leave the stock market with little room for error as rising yields, a potential IPO wave, and slowing earnings growth threaten the rally.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

At a Thursday evening event in the Bay Area, none of the dozen or so CEOs he spoke with took seriously that AI could threaten humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

They didn’t call the police, didn’t threaten to sue.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

He says math is quickly approaching a “worst-case scenario” that threatens the long-term health of his field and society at large.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

The letter says the plan threatens the “entire fabric of California’s agricultural economy.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Blamed partly on one of the worst episodes of the drought-inducing El Nino weather phenomenon in decades, the disaster threatens millions of people's access to necessities such as clean water and air -- even education.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

That does not just embarrass the network, it threatens the corporation itself.

From Salon Sep. 5, 2026

“Don’t make me pull over,” Dad threatens good-naturedly.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has repeatedly threatened secondary sanctions against foreign companies that help Iran to evade U.S. economic restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Amodei warned in his essay that AI was rapidly improving itself, through a process known as recursive self-improvement, which threatened to outpace humans’ ability to control it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2026

After victory in the series opener in Johannesburg last month, the All Blacks jumped to the top of the world rankings and threatened to shake up rugby's world order.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

Joly has threatened to launch a lawsuit against Stellantis, for failing to follow through with the Jeep Compass production, and vowed to recover the millions of dollars that governments provided to the car maker.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Britain had been watching events from across the English Channel, its critical sea route to the outside world, and now felt threatened.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

Shaw has showed up at track meets to protest Hernandez’s participation — which Hernandez’s mother has called threatening.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

But they were later classed as carcinogenic, banned worldwide, and are seen today as the first "forever chemicals" - which are building up in the environment, threatening wildlife and human health.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

I had already given myself the thing they were threatening to withhold.

From Salon Sep. 9, 2026

Artificial intelligence is threatening the future of entry-level jobs in the fields many people study in college.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Those words kept him moving forward, even as the crowd pressed in around him, constantly threatening the grip he had on Emma’s hand in front of him and Natalie’s hand behind him.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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