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[dayn-jer] / ˈdeɪn dʒər /


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So who might be in danger of missing out in midfield?

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

For a time, they looked in danger of repeating 2020, when they lost to the 0-13 New York Jets at SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

During ordinary acute pain, the brain generally reduces activity in the DMN so it can concentrate on the immediate source of danger.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

At the Virginia ratifying convention, Edmund Randolph said explicitly that “there is another provision against the danger … of the President receiving emoluments from foreign powers. If discovered, he may be impeached.”

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

He tilted his rugged head and shifted his gaze out beyond them, looking past them, as if considering whether to share their danger or throw them to the sea.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

The country's main employers' organisation, quoted by the Belga news agency, warned meanwhile of the dangers of a political crisis when "markets are paying increasingly close attention to Belgium."

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

This isn’t to say that either of them is a raging narcissist who cares only about themselves, but there’s no doubt that their sport’s seismic, life-altering dangers are on full display, warts and all.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

In another speech, Churchill once said democracy was not just "insurance against dangers from abroad".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Constant warnings of collapse desensitize us to real dangers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

People in the area felt uncomfortable about a poisonous spider wandering their neighborhood, and blogs discussed the dangers posed by Penelope and her offspring.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow


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