endanger

Example Sentences

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The safety concern is that, during an outage, this auxiliary electricity source could endanger electricians or utility workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“These additional allowances would not only endanger our emissions targets, they would also flood the auction market and depress cap-and-invest revenues,” said Pam Odell of the group Climate Action California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

"So we really need to find other solutions, because we can't continue to allow this risk of seeing people take to the sea in unacceptable, deplorable conditions that endanger them."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Shortly afterward, lawmakers amended the country's glacier protection law to relax restrictions on mining in areas of permafrost, despite fears the new law could endanger crucial water supplies.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

“We ask you to do nothing to endanger yourself. I would not tell you the circumstances that brought us here, but without knowing them you cannot realize how desperately we need your help.”

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander