threatening

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This suggests astrocytes help not only create fear memories but also guide how the brain uses those memories to choose appropriate reactions in threatening situations.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

At the rate things are heating up on Earth, threatening to fry us alive sooner than later, this scheme could supposedly reverse or slow the damage we’ve done.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

But as applied to Ms. Chiles, it functions as a state control of what she may say, threatening therapists “with fines, probation, and the loss of their licenses simply for expressing a particular view.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Producers say the resulting fall in the livestock population and milk production is threatening feta, one of Greece's premier exports.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Big, fat flakes came and settled, threatening to cover the path if we didn’t hurry.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff