under threat

idiom

: by someone who has been threatened with harm
an action done under threat

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If undocumented people have no right to due process, then the right of any of us to due process is under threat. Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2025 Researchers and regional officials expected the sargassum mass to continue growing and drifting, with the west Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico—including Florida—now under threat of similar impacts through the coming weeks. Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025 Here, the edges of the body (and of political reason) are under threat, with lethal consequences. Jessica Simmons-Reid, Artforum, 1 June 2025 All the others are disastrously under threat in one way or another. David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for under threat

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“Under threat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20threat. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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