- present tense form of threaten (3rd person singular).
threatens
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But borrowing short when inflation threatens to push short-term rates higher can “amplify the monetary-fiscal feedback,” warn Era Dabla-Norris and Rodrigo Valdés of the International Monetary Fund.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Scientists have uncovered a promising new way to protect some of the world's most important food crops from a destructive fungus that threatens global food security.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Billowing smoke has shrouded the state capital Manaus for days, while the El Nino climate phenomenon threatens to exacerbate drought in the Amazon.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Oil also sets the price of AI’s money and threatens AI’s buildings, both at once.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
Only stories of love pass through our post-mortal filter, yet even then, we are baffled by the intensity of longing and loss that threatens those mortal tales of love.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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