facing extinction
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Many lesser-known groups, including marine worms, are especially at risk, with some facing extinction before scientists have even identified them.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
Mr. Massie, whose slurred accent sounds at once Scottish, English and French, possesses the sort of old-world education presently facing extinction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
Despite its stumbles in recent years, Intel doesn’t appear to be facing extinction, as the automakers arguably did in 2008 and 2009.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2025
While the activists appeared to be well-intentioned — North Atlantic Right Whales on the East Coast are currently facing extinction — the protest was actually calling for a moratorium on wind farm construction.
From Salon ● May 17, 2023
Hunted and trapped by fishermen, this valuable carnivore has become extremely rare, and it takes refuge chiefly in the northernmost parts of the Pacific, where in all likelihood its species will soon be facing extinction.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
