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Rising living costs threaten discretionary spending by Dollar Tree and Dollar General’s core customers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Persistent heat or inadequate rainfall during coffee’s flowering period and its subsequent development might threaten production, said Jim Roemer, a commodity trading advisor who writes the Weather Wealth newsletter.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Should have scored with first-half header, didn't threaten with another opportunity but persevered and eventually got his goal.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

However, the hurricane's powerful inner core was still moving close enough to threaten communities along the coast.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then, unable to resist another chance to tease, she added, “Unless wicked ghosts appear and threaten to eat us. Then I shall surely scream myself. Eeeeeeek!”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

The overexploitation of parrotfish and other groupers threatens 63 percent of coral reef ecosystems.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

These are the things that we stay alive for, and well, that’s exactly what AI threatens to rob from the human race.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

It creates a “supply-side risk that threatens to reduce crop yields,” said Roukaya Ibrahim, chief commodity strategist at BCA Research.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Hauser warned that many businesses are passing on higher costs, which threatens to entrench higher inflation expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

If a kid cries or threatens to tell on him, he says he’s only joking and invites them to hang out.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

Around the same time, the sanctions bill named after late Sen. Lindsey Graham was making its way through Congress and threatened to make it even harder for Polar to get permission to transact with Novatek.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Torres threatened to expose the relationship to her employer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Bishnoi has publicly threatened Khan over a 1998 poaching case involving blackbucks, a species of antelope revered by the Bishnoi community.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

In the first global assessment of its kind, the world authority on threatened wildlife classified 96 percent of the planet's coral reef systems as "critically endangered" -- its highest risk category.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

When the Allies threatened to invade, the Germans relented.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

"The current criminal threat environment is febrile and when it comes to federal parliamentarians, the AFP continues to record the growing volume of online abuse, threatening rhetoric and intimidation," she said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Microsoft’s decision is a setback for U.K.-based Nscale because it shows that clients can pull the plug on deals when projects suffer delays due to unforeseen circumstances, threatening revenue streams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

El-Sayed isn’t threatening; he doesn’t call Tommy a racist.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

Fueled by severe drought linked to El Niño, fires are sweeping through parts of Brazil, filling cities with smoke and threatening forests already damaged by previous fire seasons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

What’s more, hundreds of aftershocks continued to rattle Fukushima, threatening to shake broken pieces loose from buildings at any time.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland