jeopardy
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"We just filed our motion in state court, explaining why the state charges must be dismissed under New York's double jeopardy protections," said Mangione's lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
That plan seemed to be in jeopardy as he labored through the first three innings, his pitch count climbing to 64.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
But there is serious jeopardy for Real if they keep Vinicius without renegotiating his contract.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Yet oil prices back near $100 a barrel still aren’t near $138 — the level that economists in March said would put the global economy in jeopardy of recession if sustained for three weeks.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
“You put yourself in jeopardy keeping those,” says the second policeman.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
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
And there the sisters are placed in strange and typical Village jeopardies.
From Time Magazine Archive
It filled the armies and the Treasury, and postponed many jeopardies.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume II by John T. (John Torrey) Morse
Vocabulary lists containing jeopardy
The Bill of Rights
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