threat
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Hultquist expressed similar sentiments, saying that AI will allow engineers to produce more secure code that will be extremely difficult for threat actors to break.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
A justice system in which individual members wield the axe against fellow members with the threat of forced expulsion votes is not ideal.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
Lightning was a bigger threat to their campers than water.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
He told BBC's 5 Live Drive that the statement "basically changes nothing" as the implicit threat of mines remain.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
My fear is exposure, and that’s exactly what I’m being threatened with now, a threat disguised as a reward.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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