endanger

Example Sentences

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It held back on striking Beirut due to pressure from the U.S., which is concerned such attacks could endanger its fragile cease-fire with Iran, until Thursday when the military said it conducted targeted strikes there.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

"I did not want to endanger anyone's life", Lavrynovych told the jury at the Old Bailey.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Doctors also told Phillips that continuing the pregnancy would seriously endanger her own health.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

“It is reprehensible that a state corrections officer can be seduced by greed and manipulated by others to commit such crimes that endanger the public,” Hochman said in the statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

How could he not have known that staying in New Orleans, a city under something like martial law, would endanger him?

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers