under threat

Example Sentences

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He then issued an injunction claiming to prohibit the hospital from seeking relief in the federal courts that oversee Rhode Island under threat of contempt.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

HubSpot is clearly still trying to reposition itself in a world where its business model is increasingly under threat.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

While often described as a maritime theater, operations there depend on a network of land-based access: airfields, ports, logistics hubs and command nodes that must be built, secured and sustained under threat.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The struggles of the nascent private-capital market, weighed down by lending to software companies whose businesses are under threat from artificial intelligence, has captured the eye of the market and the news media.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

One year, when my parents learned from my uncles in the military that my tribe was under threat, we packed up and moved to Burundi.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana