under threat
Example Sentences
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The unrelenting dryness has brought hardship upon cattle ranchers, who say their livelihoods increasingly are under threat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
Along with the stigma this created, the tactic allowed Flynn’s defense to claim she had cooperated with prosecutors under threat of a criminal charge for what the newspaper delicately called the “illegal operation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The emergency workers were labouring under threat of new floods as water trapped by the immense piles of debris blocking the valley risks surging out.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Bordeaux, which has a population of 260,000, is not currently under threat, according to officials.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Several meadows were flooded around Oxford and Abingdon, but that was nothing unusual; the trouble was that the water wasn’t draining away, and further down the river a number of villages were under threat.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
