threat
Example Sentences
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The legal landscape shifted without clearing, and so long as the threat persists through other channels, the political pressure to fix the refund process and to make consumers whole may fade before anything gets done.
Confronting its biggest threat in decades, the regime in Tehran is trying to boost its odds of survival if diplomatic talks fall through.
The Americans, meanwhile, breezed through the tournament, with only Sweden posing any sort of threat.
A study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry by Oxford University Press reports that widely used flea and tick treatments for dogs and cats may pose a serious threat to insects in the natural environment.
From Science Daily
"You've got to respect the opposition. We know the threat they bring against us but we also know what we have to do in order for him not to be threatening against us."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
