threat
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South Africa will pose a real threat with Mbekezeli Mokoena driving the midfield and the speed of Oswin Appollis and Relebohile Mofokeng on the wings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
But Zelensky's chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, travelled to Warsaw last weekend following Nawrocki's threat to strip the Ukrainian president of the Order of the White Eagle.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Protests have intensified the already glacial traffic in Mexico City, where authorities fear the teachers will follow through on their threat to shut down roads before the opening game.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Beijing’s messaging reflects the threat the system poses to its military, according to Newsham.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
The repeated year meant that he was bigger than a lot of the other students, and now teachers regarded him like he was a threat because he’d started puberty.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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