threaten
Example Sentences
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The fast-developing storm is threatening to pummel the US East Coast with a foot or more of snow beginning Sunday, just weeks after the region recovered from another devastating weather system.
From Barron's
It threatened to label Anthropic—the only LLM currently cleared to work on classified material—a “supply chain risk,” the Journal reported.
Fanatics uses these gatherings not to bribe or threaten their detractors into silence, but to educate them on the business.
From Los Angeles Times
"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
It means England have shown little to suggest they can threaten late into the tournament to this point.
From BBC
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