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menace

[men-is] / ˈmɛn ɪs /




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This is a useful menace going forward, a signal to think twice.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

This is also not to say that other terrorist organizations, namely the Islamic State, do not menace the U.S. or our allies.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2026

Wherever she is deployed, she will be a constant menace to a backline that has been decimated by injury.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Despite the high stakes, I was an absolute menace.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

They halted, cowering on the evil-smelling ground; but they saw nothing in the gloomy evening sky above, and soon the menace passed, high overhead, going maybe on some swift errand from Barad-dûr.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien




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