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[per-uhl] / ˈpɛr əl /


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Appeared in the March 13, 2026, print edition as '‘Undertone’: Podcaster in Peril'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The Species in Peril report warns others could face a similar fate, including the high brown fritillary butterfly and rainbow-coloured Snowdon leaf beetle, Arctic-Alpine pea mussel, woolly feather-moss and eyed chestnut wrinkle-lichen.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

McCormick also plans to publish a book in March — “Superpower in Peril: A Battle Plan to Renew America” — that could raise his profile.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Then, Josh is joined by historian Tracy Campbell to talk about his book The Year of Peril: America in 1942.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2022

Come toil on toil; 'tis this that makes her grand; Peril on peril!

From Euripedes and His Age by Murray, Gilbert




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