threat
Example Sentences
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The threat might have worked: Multiple weapons makers later agreed to preliminary deals before they had contracts in hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Darren Guccione, chief executive of Keeper Security says the ongoing incident highlights the growing threat to the hospitality industry.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Critics of conscription argued that forcing individuals into military service under threat of imprisonment was a clear example of involuntary servitude.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
So just how real is the threat to U.S. quantum companies?
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
It means sweating in a suit, watching Ma cry up close, and reciting that dumb grief script to everyone who asks, under threat of Ma’s heat vision.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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