as in dangers
something that may cause injury or harm
terrorism is a threat to the safety of people everywhere
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Recent Examples of threats
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha alerted allies at a NATO meeting in Sweden about what Ukrainian intelligence services say are growing threats from Belarus.
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Dan Bashakov, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Historically, much of this information has been difficult to process efficiently, limiting the ability of investigators to identify threats or emerging risks in real time.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
He is used to controlling everyone with money, threats, or a combination of both.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Instead, they are seen as an additional defensive layer intended to preserve expensive interceptors for high-value threats while handling drones and other low-cost targets more efficiently.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
The order included a few very narrow exceptions, including national security and extreme public safety threats, but ICE has not bothered to even try to claim that this circumstance fit the bill.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Law enforcement must take threats against our mosques and communities seriously.
—Zainab Chaudry, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2026
Americans are largely unaware of these threats precisely because when the system works, they are contained quickly.
—Stephanie Psaki, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
Though her efforts garnered her hate mail, death threats, and court charges of indecency, EXPORT remained undeterred.
—News Desk, Artforum, 15 May 2026
Dan Bashakov, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
Historically, much of this information has been difficult to process efficiently, limiting the ability of investigators to identify threats or emerging risks in real time.
—Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
He is used to controlling everyone with money, threats, or a combination of both.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2026
Instead, they are seen as an additional defensive layer intended to preserve expensive interceptors for high-value threats while handling drones and other low-cost targets more efficiently.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 May 2026
The order included a few very narrow exceptions, including national security and extreme public safety threats, but ICE has not bothered to even try to claim that this circumstance fit the bill.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
Law enforcement must take threats against our mosques and communities seriously.
—Zainab Chaudry, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2026
Americans are largely unaware of these threats precisely because when the system works, they are contained quickly.
—Stephanie Psaki, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
Though her efforts garnered her hate mail, death threats, and court charges of indecency, EXPORT remained undeterred.
—News Desk, Artforum, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threats
Noun
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Despite recommending a strong-mayor government, the working group succinctly identifies its dangers.—
Daniel Borenstein,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Tier One operators reveal serious dangers of hostage rescue missions.—
David Hookstead OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Analysts have raised concerns about concentration risks in South Korea's stock market, with an overreliance on a small group of companies raising the risk of volatility and vulnerability to geopolitical shocks, including a slowdown in data-center spending.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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For a generation of homeowners, China’s housing crisis has shown that even property investment has its risks.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Our roads are concussion- and whiplash-inducing menaces.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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But the ability to beat back our more routine pathological menaces is a good indicator of the country’s ability to take on bigger, more virulent threats.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Another issue involves the fictional movie being shot, which is called Desert and seems to be about the perils of Spanish colonialism, yet remains disconnected to all the shenanigans going on behind the scenes.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Others, however, see a more positive road ahead for the rapid deployment of renewables not only in Cuba, but also elsewhere, as the costs of clean tech continue to fall and geopolitical turbulence lays bare the perils of relying on fossil fuel imports.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
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“Threats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threats. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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