imperiled
Example Sentences
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When the U.S. finished pulling out of Afghanistan in the summer of 2021, it imperiled the lives of every Afghan who had helped, including the Institute of Peace’s local staff and their families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Inventories of crude are the least imperiled, but there’s more concern about inventories for products such as gasoline and diesel.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
Each company knows they're looking not just at profits but also at imperiled property and people.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
If researchers don’t figure out why so few survived, an imperiled icon of the California desert may disappear even more quickly.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
This is the second lesson of Blink: understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
