threaten
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Scott said the shortage of radiologists could threaten this stability.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Google’s parent reported that its cloud revenue more than doubled, but investors were more concerned about the cash it’s spending on AI, and whether artificial intelligence could threaten the search business that funds it all.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 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
Dudley gently released himself from his mother’s clutches and walked toward Harry, who had to repress an urge to threaten him with magic.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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That, in turn, threatens a key pillar of the market’s success over the past four years.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Wall Street Journal’s Heather Somerville reports that a chronic shortage of explosives threatens the Pentagon’s agenda to replenish weapons stockpiles and arm troops with the unmanned systems that have come to define conflicts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
"Every major disaster threatens to erase years of development. And it forces a poor country to borrow money to repair damage it did not cause."
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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
"As f-far as that g-goes, we could use another b-boy. Nick's golden voice threatens to turn b-bass any day now, and his b-beard to betray him."
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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Laura Lemos says joining Roque's El Camino church gave her hope when crime threatened to destroy her family.
From Barron's ● 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
Diogo Dalot: Played out of position again at left-back and Estevao threatened down his side, but Dalot stuck to his task gamely.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 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
Austria-Hungary, threatened with a complete breakdown of order as people in the cities starved and rioted, signed an armistice agreement on November 3.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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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
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
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
Hart’s “Meeting Ourselves” is woozy and vaguely threatening, with lines like “Don’t be scared / Open the door” bringing to mind a shadowy Lewis Carroll adventure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Inside me, in my heart, in my throat, threatening to come out of my mouth if I wasn’t careful.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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