jeopardy
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Rather than uncovering a loophole, they appear to have landed themselves squarely in legal jeopardy.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission jointly sued TikTok in 2024, alleging that it had placed the safety of millions of children in jeopardy by collecting their personal data without parental permission.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Experts have said there could be legal jeopardy if there was a financial motive behind the poll’s release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
They also say that New York’s double jeopardy statute bars the state charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Never mind that his handiwork was in jeopardy when a high tide rushed in; if disaster struck, he would simply rebuild everything.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
Her second record, The Art of Loving, is brimming with memorable songs about the jeopardies and joys of falling in love.
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
Another type of response is elicited by this column when we report on the joys and jeopardies encountered by individual staff members in preparing stories.
From Time Magazine Archive
The difference is that guarding the nation is not just another job; it is a moral obligation involving jeopardies and commitments that cannot safely be jobbed out, in effect, on a mercenary basis.
From Time Magazine Archive
And there the sisters are placed in strange and typical Village jeopardies.
From Time Magazine Archive
In jeopardies of mine own nation: In jeopardies among the heathen.
From The first New Testament printed in English by
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