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threatens
verb as in warn, pressure
verb as in endanger
Example Sentences
He has previously condemned trans-inclusive teams, arguing it threatens women's sports.
The former president doesn’t like to share the spotlight; if Musk’s profile threatens Trump’s, it’s not inconceivable the two will have a falling-out.
After Helene and Milton, anger over the state GOP’s risible climate denial—which persists even as this already-historic hurricane season threatens to send yet another storm Florida’s way—appears to be fueling younger voters, first-time voters, and door-knockers, according to a report from the Guardian:
Following the publication of Pratt's article, he was called out online for his "Friday Night Lights" approach to an election that threatens to rob many non-millionaires of their rights and freedoms.
I’ve ping-ponged between these two perspectives, but on the eve of this election, I think I figured out the answer: Over and over again the systems tasked with protecting the public from a dangerous criminal like Donald Trump opted for the route of appeasement, which is a big reason we are on the precipice of reelecting a man who threatens to end the system of democracy that Americans have known for nearly 60 years.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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