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endanger

[en-deyn-jeyr] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr /


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A blocked street can delay an ambulance or endanger someone whose emergency has nothing to do with immigration enforcement.

From Slate Jul. 27, 2026

Conventional logic would suggest that Iran should avoid actions that could endanger diplomacy.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

“Today’s guilty plea demonstrates our commitment to holding those accountable who endanger the safety of our federal personnel,” First Assitant U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Shortly afterward, lawmakers amended the country's glacier protection law to relax restrictions on mining in areas of permafrost, despite fears the new law could endanger crucial water supplies.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

There is even reason to think that her mother may have carried an illness that will endanger others — — and the women need the space where their cott was.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

Although it endangers his secret Traitor identity, he tries to protect Funches.

From Salon Jun. 20, 2026

The judge emphasized that Dobbs focused on a right to elective abortion, while Seyb’s case “tests how far Idaho may go when a woman’s pregnancy severely endangers her health.”

From Slate Jun. 16, 2026

Pope Leo XIV may be right in the long-term that artificial intelligence endangers humanity, but investors are ignoring him in the short-term as they try cashing in on Wall Street’s hottest theme.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

None of this endangers the mathematical theory of relativity or the empirical science that confirms it.

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

What’s free about it, they reasoned, when the law forces you to educate your children and then endangers their lives to get them into school?

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

Why do certain people—mostly men, as one ex-wife notes—devote their lives to the capture, sale and breeding of endangered species?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

A pair of endangered tiger cubs have been born at a safari park in a significant boost for global conservation, with keepers hailing their arrival as a "real privilege".

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

In June, the site was added to the World Monuments Fund’s “Irreplaceable America” list of 10 endangered historic sites in the United States.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

At the same time, the results may offer hope for endangered species with small or highly inbred populations.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

Protection of the milk supply endangered by a federal program is therefore left to the states themselves.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

A teenager accused of endangering the lives of 165 migrants by allegedly piloting a record-breaking dinghy crossing of the English Channel is to stand trial.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Getting such a charter would give huge latitude to crypto banks, endangering unsophisticated investors, critics say.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

But when the salt company shuttered in 2013, the pumping that maintained the basins stopped, endangering the environment the birds have come to rely on.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

In each series, a large sum of money has disappeared, endangering those who know or supposedly know where it is.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Stupidly, I’d forgotten to pack my music folder in my backpack this morning, which meant that today I’d be coming to band unprepared, already endangering my position as second chair.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee




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