threats

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Threats last year to throttle global supplies rattled automakers and chip firms and pressured President Trump to lower U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Threats of a boom-bust cycle have been reduced by increased orders from the hyperscalers.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Nicholas Carl, with the Critical Threats Project, said the pattern indicates the campaign is already underway to set the conditions for a revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026

Threats of export restrictions by China, which dominates global rare- earth production, and deals mitigating those threats have led to significant volatility.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

Threats to enlist that winter were always declaimed like Brinker’s, with a grinding of back teeth and a flashing of eyes; I had already heard plenty of them.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles