threaten
Example Sentences
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It is blockading energy shipments and supplies for fertilizer and manufacturing and threatening theme parks and cultural sites worldwide through its proxy network.
The LNG crunch threatens wealthy nations with a prolonged wave of energy-driven inflation, while simultaneously forcing fragile emerging economies to ration fuel and shutter factory floors.
And of course pollutants get trapped in the atmosphere, causing global heating and climate change that threatens to upend all life on the planet.
From Salon
Investment staff responsible for over one-third of Janus’ run-rate revenue threatened to resign if Janus agreed to a sale to Victory.
“Any sustained increase in oil-and-gas costs will quickly ripple through the economy, lifting transport, production and household expenses—threatening spiraling inflation,” he said.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
