as in to endanger
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline
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Alfredo Pacheco to the United States but renal disease threatened to cut short his life.
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The administration cut as many as 1,200 jobs from the agency’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and threatened to relocate offices, terminating dozens of leases.
—ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
Lago responded by threatening legal action against Corben.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Instead, tariffs threaten to increase prices and create shortages of certain generic medications, which account for a vast majority of U.S. prescriptions.
—Rebecca Robbins, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
The administration cut as many as 1,200 jobs from the agency’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and threatened to relocate offices, terminating dozens of leases.
—ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
Lago responded by threatening legal action against Corben.
—Tess Riski, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2025
Instead, tariffs threaten to increase prices and create shortages of certain generic medications, which account for a vast majority of U.S. prescriptions.
—Rebecca Robbins, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for threaten
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“Threaten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threaten. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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