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threatened

adjective as in endangered

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The mollusk lights up using bioluminescence when threatened to distract predators, researchers said.

The Idaho Supreme Court also seemed convinced that patients had no right to access abortion under state law, even if their lives or health was threatened.

From Slate

It allows abortion only if the life of the patient is threatened, and even then, doctors have to prove that they were justified in proceeding rather than prosecutors’ having to do so.

From Slate

Earlier, Mr MacDonald's wife told the court that her husband threatened to kill an osteopath he claimed had ruined his life by making a back injury worse.

From BBC

Reporting suggests that Trump was especially enamored with Hegseth's skill at whining, and especially about how easily threatened he is by women, people who are different, and any demands that he learn stuff or reckon with new ideas.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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