as in endangered
to place in danger
a scandal that could seriously jeopard his political career
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While still critically endangered, the trajectory from 35 to 400 represents an extraordinary arc of survival.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026 -
Native to central Africa, the species is endangered and is the only remaining relative of the giraffe, with a sharply limited population in the wild.—
Chaewon Chung,
Sacbee.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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On this occasion, his team only threatened to restore parity once, Henderson blocking Kostoulas’s shot after he was put through by Georginio Rutter.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Proctor threatened to shoot the animal.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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But the two candidates most likely to lead Bangladesh into a post-Hasina future are a far cry from those who risked everything on the barricades and in the streets to topple her.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Without Danish consent, landing there risked a diplomatic crisis and potentially an escalation with Germany.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Jeoparded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeoparded. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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