threaten

Example Sentences

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However, the war in Iran and the ensuing rise in inflation caused by soaring energy prices, could threaten firms’ hiring or ability to hold onto staff.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Combined, these threaten to cause major disruption in the asset class.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

But the significance of these cases runs deeper: They threaten the legal architecture that has allowed Big Tech to reap trillions of dollars in profits with little risk of consequence in court.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Habitat destruction, overfishing and water pollution from the Amazon to the Danube threaten the very survival of hundreds of species whose epic voyages along the world's great rivers go largely unnoticed.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

She had subdued her natural wish to change into something that could bite and threaten, and remained a robin.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman