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threaten

[thret-n] / ˈθrɛt n /




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Scott said the shortage of radiologists could threaten this stability.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

“In addition, Weber brought Ms. Burch into the lawsuit in order to extort her into paying Weber to escape from the litigation and the associated reputational injury that would threaten Ms. Burch’s career.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Fire salamanders typically inhabit damp forests, streams, and mountainous regions, where habitat destruction and fragmentation increasingly threaten their survival.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

All he had to do was threaten to list his Palo Alto home for sale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

The propagandists with the Imperial Japanese Army develop flyers and press releases to threaten the guerrillas, hoping to quash their spirits.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The rise of Muse and other agents threatens Amazon’s position, said Guru Hariharan, a former Amazon manager who founded CommerceIQ, which helps consumer brands grow sales with AI agents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Article 112 of the Thai criminal code simply reads, "Whoever defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-apparent or the Regent, shall be punished with imprisonment of three to 15 years."

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

As the Fisherwoman admits after a transgression that threatens this happiness, “It’s easier to believe the bad than the good.”

From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026

A powerful El Niño threatens to disrupt coffee harvests around the world, adding to farmers’ already steep production costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

I fight with my lips, trying to press them into a serious and professional frown rather than the grin that threatens to overtake them.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Combined with the "stationary" monitors already in place, 20 to 30 volunteers at each threatened polling station acted as a strong deterrent, he believes, and prevented intimidation or fraud.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

He threatened to relocate out of the state where Meta is based if he didn’t get help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Economist Milward Tobias warned that the lack of supply threatened food security by disrupting the delivery of fertiliser and other essentials to farmers in the largely agricultural economy.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Much of this vast landscape is public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management, some of the least understood and most threatened public lands in the West.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Old Timothy drove them to the train station in the landau carriage with the roof up, as the sky threatened rain.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Stretched public finances and a rapidly aging population are threatening this covenant, stoking fear and anger across the continent over the future of a cradle-to-grave welfare state voters had long taken for granted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Scientists have discovered that certain tumors considered less threatening can contain hidden populations of highly aggressive cancer cells, potentially explaining why some children experience devastating outcomes despite lacking the usual genetic warning signs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

By Sunday this dying weather front will bring some thicker cloud to Wales and central England threatening a few patches of light rain or drizzle, but not much.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Some Airbnb hosts are threatening to quit the platform, raise their housekeeping fees or pare their rental properties down to the bare essentials rather than accept new restrictions on checkout chores.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Which was crazy, because he was the one who’d gotten the threatening letters.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix


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