under threat
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Agencies involved might typically include Forestry and Land Scotland, Scottish government agency NatureScot, and private owners or land managers in the area under threat.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“The destruction is very significant,” said Vyshnevskiy, who left home at 4:30 a.m. and worked under threat of a repeat attack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
US cities from Richmond, Virginia, to Boston, Massachusetts, are set to see temperatures soar from the upper 90s to near 100 degrees, with daily high records under threat.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
The district attorney’s office filed conspiracy to commit murder charges against Yepez and Villafranca in April, eight months after Yepez was grabbed by ICE and Villafranca left the U.S. under threat of deportation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Several meadows were flooded around Oxford and Abingdon, but that was nothing unusual; the trouble was that the water wasn’t draining away, and further down the river a number of villages were under threat.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
