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threaten

[thret-n] / ˈθrɛt n /




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The software industry has suffering through a months-long stock slump, as investors have feared that AI agents threaten to displace the need for traditional software vendors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

The two coordinated to threaten both men with forced expulsion votes if they didn’t resign by 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

In a Monday report, she concluded that AI doesn’t threaten imminent loan losses.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Three unions representing nearly 85% of LAUSD’s 83,300 workers — teachers, support staff and administrators — threaten to strike on April 14 in an unprecedented alliance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

How did a race for my dashiki turn into me watching a Ghanaian god threaten the lives of me and my best friend?

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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