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to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline
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Recent Examples of threatened
Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Deputies said additional patrols would continue in threatened areas.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Brendan Carr, chairman of the FCC, seemingly threatened ABC, Disney and Kimmel over the comment.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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With a mission to rebuild abundant and biodiverse oceans, Oceana fights to stop overfishing, habitat destruction, oil and plastic pollution, as well as the killing of threatened species like turtles, whales, and sharks, among other causes.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Deputies said additional patrols would continue in threatened areas.
—Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Jeremy Fistel, 44, allegedly threatened Mamdani in voicemail and written messages in June and July, according to officials.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2025
Brendan Carr, chairman of the FCC, seemingly threatened ABC, Disney and Kimmel over the comment.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threatened
Adjective
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The beach also provides a nesting sanctuary for endangered and threatened bird species, including the California least tern and snowy plover.—
Greg Mellen,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
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As of this year, Acción Andina has restored roughly 5,000 hectares of fragile mountain forests with more than 12 million native and endangered trees – mainly of Polylepis, a genus of 28 shrub and tree species that thrives in the thin air of the Andes by capturing moisture from clouds and fog.—
Eduardo Garcia,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Human intervention has helped to curb the effects on some of the most imperiled native species, and in some cases, even succeeded in recovery efforts, but the overarching threat of climate change persists.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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If that claim were to be accepted in a court, those firms could be liable for the costs of those heat waves.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Those warnings would explain that consumers can attempt to hold companies civilly or criminally liable for any loss or damages, the bill said, while warning that the product could be discontinued at any time.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Crops such as rice and soybeans are also vulnerable as excessive UV-B can reduce yields and threaten food security.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement This granular knowledge and deep curiosity is also what drives Speer’s long-standing dedication to protecting the vast, vulnerable open ocean and deep-sea environments that lie outside of national borders and hold some of the largest reservoirs of biodiversity on earth.—
Bonnie Tsui,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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With no hospital in sight and no health workers around, Amani was forced to deliver in unsafe and high-risk conditions.—
Sarah Ferguson,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the same way there’s no conclusive data to say chemical sunscreen formulas are inherently more toxic than mineral ones, there’s no conclusive data to say SPF boosters are inherently safe or unsafe.—
Dani Hardman,
Allure,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The position of elementary education among the least susceptible to poverty might be surprising, but elementary school teachers are scarce and in demand.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Children and babies are more susceptible to lead toxicity due to their smaller body size, metabolism, and rapid growth.—
Toby Meyjes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The eggs are the first fossils to be reliably dated from the Qinglongshan fossil reserve, which includes three sites containing more than 3,000 eggs, the majority of which are semi-exposed and preserved in 3D, with their original shapes largely intact.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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And in the height of summer, with an extra air conditioner pumping in the corner, the heat from the semi-exposed kitchen can make the dining room feel slightly steamy.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Even when hashed with the insecure NTLM function the old authentication uses, such a password would take more than five years for a brute-force attack to exhaust every possible combination.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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And TalentLMS’s survey highlighted that employees who haven’t received training in the last year are 140% more likely to feel insecure about their jobs.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Threatened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threatened. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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