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the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline
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Recent Examples of threatened
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
That’s because they are considered a threatened species in Texas.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Unions have threatened to sue to force solar power developers to use union labor.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
The suspect resisted and threatened officers, who made the arrest and booked him into the main jail.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
That’s because they are considered a threatened species in Texas.
—Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
One of the most salient tools available remains the Defense Production Act, the law that Hegseth threatened Anthropic with before pursuing the supply-chain-risk designation.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Unions have threatened to sue to force solar power developers to use union labor.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threatened
Adjective
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The changes bring a bit of the Australian outback to the zoo for koalas, which are an endangered species.—
Cody Jackson,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2026
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Central Africa is home to roughly 95,000 endangered forest elephants, with the largest numbers being found in Gabon, according to the World Wildlife Fund.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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What mattered more than his terseness was that Norris was allowed to land a few meaningful blows against the usually untouchable Lee, who stars as Tang Lung, a fighter summoned to defend a restaurant owner menaced by a crime boss.—
Chris Klimek,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Trump’s Republican Party, which narrowly controls the House and Senate, largely sees the conflict with Iran not as the start of a new war, but the end of a government that has long menaced the West.—
Mary Clare Jalonick,
Fortune,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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DeCosta is always liable to move back in different rounds and accumulate more picks.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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That, in turn, prompted Stephan’s office to release video of the incident and a document Thursday stating that prosecutors from her office had reviewed the police officers’ actions and determined the officers were not criminally liable.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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All these species are far more vulnerable to a hook because of FFS.—
Mike McFeely,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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The tracks are more vulnerable, biting, and self-aware than ever, and in some cases, feature lyrics pulled right out of Hjelt’s diary.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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But despite a lot of talk about the imperiled future of moviegoing, future moviegoers — kids — are turning out in droves.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
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Birders in India reported several imperiled species such as the Andaman Serpent Eagle.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Some have branded it unsafe and unworkable, citing their concerns around potential coercion of vulnerable people and a lack of safeguards for those with disabilities.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Witnesses saw the driver speeding and making unsafe lane changes on the bridge, police said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The Sabres could be susceptible to speed with the way their defensemen push it in the offensive zone.—
Stephen Conroy,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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Leaves weakened by pests or disease would be susceptible to frost damage, but burgundy foliage is not affected by such stressors.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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The outer layers of the star will eventually cool and disperse, leaving a nebula of ex-stellar material surrounding the sun's core, which will then become an exposed cooling stellar remnant called a white dwarf.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The objective is to reduce exposed equity within the entity in a lawful and structured manner.—
Ascend Agency,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Threatened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threatened. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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