jeopardy
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Now, international airlines are extending flight suspensions, and conferences central to Gulf travel are being pushed into next year, putting the backbone of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification efforts in jeopardy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
She said Reddington may argue that a retrial could violate Clancy's Constitutional protection against double jeopardy - a legal standard that says a person cannot be tried for the same crime twice.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Costs are now projected to reach $126 billion with land acquisition and regulatory hurdles still putting America’s largest active infrastructure endeavor in jeopardy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Some argue that that creates a lack of jeopardy, which encourages teams to play more expansively.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
I lay out how we are all in jeopardy, how the whole country is in jeopardy because of my trick with the berries.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Her second record, The Art of Loving, is brimming with memorable songs about the jeopardies and joys of falling in love.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Another type of response is elicited by this column when we report on the joys and jeopardies encountered by individual staff members in preparing stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And there the sisters are placed in strange and typical Village jeopardies.
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The difference is that guarding the nation is not just another job; it is a moral obligation involving jeopardies and commitments that cannot safely be jobbed out, in effect, on a mercenary basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It filled the armies and the Treasury, and postponed many jeopardies.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume II by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
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