as in endangers
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 threatens
Will Oscar and guild voters want to throw their weight behind a movie that lambastes the very technology that threatens their existence?
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 July 2026
Screwworm also threatens to raise the price of beef at a time when Americans are already paying record high prices for burgers and steak.
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Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
Critics, including scientific and patient advocacy groups, warn this threatens scientific integrity, research, and innovation.
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
As the two form a close bond, Laila discovers there's some weird business going on within the house that threatens both of them.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Power prices from New York to Virginia are surging as sweltering heat threatens to overwhelm US grids and upend travel for the Independence Day holiday.
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Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Despite her fans’ excitement for this union, the wedding will shutter small businesses in midtown Manhattan and drain the resources of the NYPD, as a blistering heatwave threatens to buckle the city’s power grid while the World Cup plays out.
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Marc Malkin,
Variety,
2 July 2026
Without significant reform measures from Congress, the widening deficit threatens to deplete the trust funds that finance Social Security in 2032, and Medicare one year later.
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Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
The freshwater mollusk, first spotted in North America in the Delta in 2024, threatens water systems by clogging pipes and altering the food web.
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Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 July 2026
Screwworm also threatens to raise the price of beef at a time when Americans are already paying record high prices for burgers and steak.
—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
5 July 2026
Critics, including scientific and patient advocacy groups, warn this threatens scientific integrity, research, and innovation.
—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2026
As the two form a close bond, Laila discovers there's some weird business going on within the house that threatens both of them.
—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 July 2026
Power prices from New York to Virginia are surging as sweltering heat threatens to overwhelm US grids and upend travel for the Independence Day holiday.
—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
3 July 2026
Despite her fans’ excitement for this union, the wedding will shutter small businesses in midtown Manhattan and drain the resources of the NYPD, as a blistering heatwave threatens to buckle the city’s power grid while the World Cup plays out.
—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
2 July 2026
Without significant reform measures from Congress, the widening deficit threatens to deplete the trust funds that finance Social Security in 2032, and Medicare one year later.
—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
2 July 2026
The freshwater mollusk, first spotted in North America in the Delta in 2024, threatens water systems by clogging pipes and altering the food web.
—
Sacbee.com,
29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threatens
endangers
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Other critics of the tax are highlighting statements from Newsom that the tax endangers state revenues, seemingly targeting left-leaning voters who may have reservations about the proposal.
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Environmentalists say that plume endangers sea life.
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“Threatens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threatens. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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