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endanger

[en-deyn-jeyr] / ɛnˈdeɪn dʒeɪr /


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Yet a series of hikes could hurt the bull market in stocks or endanger the U.S. economy.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Fears about the potential dangers of AI have ramped up in recent days after executives and current and former staff in the field warned the tech could endanger humanity.

From BBC Sep. 15, 2026

“Those who escalate chaos and endanger officers will be held accountable. Today’s sentence reflects our commitment to protecting the men and women sworn to keep our communities safe.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

After this month's raids, security chief Chris Tang said booksellers must ensure the items they sell "do not endanger national security".

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

“And you would endanger yourself to retrieve it?”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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

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

From Science Daily Jun. 8, 2026

It shows a "a dangerous desire to play with fire" that endangers stability in Germany, one government source charged.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

“It’s because he won’t ask nobody to help him that he endangers us all!”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

Matson, who is from Whitchurch, runs Nature's SAFE, a charity that has been freezing cells from some of the world's most endangered animals.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

The lawsuit also accuses two men in Peru of painting fakes bearing Warhol’s signature and shipping canvases resembling Warhol’s 1983 portfolio of endangered species to Roberts’s gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

The critically endangered animals were found Tuesday by rangers patrolling in the Balasore district of India's eastern Odisha state.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

As for the deer carcasses, some of the meat will feed endangered California condors, bald eagles and foxes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

If plain men hide their true name from all but a few they love and trust utterly, so much more must wizardly men, being more dangerous, and more endangered.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

As “laboratories of democracy,” the 50 states can each implement novel economic and social policies without endangering the entire country if they fail.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

A teenager who piloted a dinghy carrying a then-record 165 migrants across the English Channel to the UK has pleaded guilty to endangering others during a sea crossing.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

A jury in New Mexico previously ordered Meta to pay $375 million after it found the company liable for endangering children by making them vulnerable to predators on its platforms, among other harms.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

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

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

I wanted to scream, No! and leap to his rescue, but I knew it would be suicide, and I knew that I would be endangering all our lives.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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