peril
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As in the thriller, anxious local leaders debated whether publicizing the peril would scare off tourists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
In places like Minneapolis and Des Moines, Iowa, insurers are factoring in hail and severe convective storms, ICE added, which is a “a peril that is frequently overlooked but is now driving double-digit increases.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
The slightly longer-term peril, then, looks like fresh SaaS companies built from scratch with AI at the core.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
But those type of contingency plans are in place for every Super Bowl, and the game was not in serious peril of being moved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Hen Wen is the one in greatest peril.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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Industry figures have suggested comments about the perils and power of AI may be designed to generate hype.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
But that same episode illustrated the perils of trusting markets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The perils of leaving a five-star review on a wing and a prayer.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
But by steering the live-action Prime Video adaptation directly into the anxieties of the zeitgeist, showrunner Eric Kripke has transformed the superhero satire into a terrifying tale about the perils of authoritarianism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
A great loss, however, was the death of the trusty pilot Palinurus who was drowned as they neared the end of their perils by sea.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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One night last week an old dog periled the Earl's new job.
From Time Magazine Archive
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We all realize that we live in periled times, and our nation must be prepared to defend itself at a moment's notice.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Whether Franklin Roosevelt consciously led the U.S. to war, or hoped to keep the U.S. out by a daring support of its periled friends, will be historians' debating ground for years to come.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He exacted the utmost consideration for his men, and the officer who periled their safety, or disputed their efficiency, was quickly called to account.
From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall
I was truly sorry to hear of the fate of that poor fellow who had periled so much for liberty.
Justice Department attorneys respond that fears about Snepp's being a loose cannon periling the First Amendment rights of all sorts of people are greatly exaggerated.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The case of the colored man Davis, who made such a bold stroke to regain his liberty, by periling his life on board the steamer Keystone State, has excited very general attention.
What!—already faint-hearted!—A miracle of beauty such as Darville described is well worth periling one's neck to gaze upon.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various
When I found myself a prisoner, I thought I would try this door before periling the sleep of a patient in the small-pox.
From Weighed and Wanting by George MacDonald
It was impossible to touch the mud of Paris without periling the subsistence of eighteen hundred persons.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 by Various
But a monarch of the forest flung his head in furious rage, Naught he cared for sovereign sahib, sought some foe now to engage; While the crowd in panic parted, perilled pundits sought a sage.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Mademoiselle," he said, "if an angel from heaven had appeared to me and asked me to have mercy on that villain, I should have perilled my own soul rather than let him go unpunished.
From Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier by T. G. Marquis
While I love my country as well as any man, and in this enterprise cheerfully perilled my life to serve it, I was only his co-worker: I should not have undertaken it alone.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various
In fact, Rigges went so far as to pretend that he had himself perilled life in the attempt to secure him.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever
So long as I supported the mad troop, I could count upon her, even though it perilled her soul.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
His mind belittled the cause for which her idolized father was, at that moment, perilling his life, and to which her dearest friends had consecrated themselves.
From An Original Belle by Edward Payson Roe
One of these rocks—Longstone Island—Grace Darling rendered memorable by her intrepidity in perilling her life during the storm of September, 1838.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook
Another great objection to the income tax now is that it would have the effect of perilling the reduction of the 3 per cents.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough
God forbid I should think of my own safety, when so many of the faithful are perilling theirs!
From The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 by William Hickling Prescott
How should she separate these two beautiful faiths which had been enthroned as one in the happy depths of her guileless heart, without perilling her very trust in God!
From The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
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