under threat

idiom

: by someone who has been threatened with harm
an action done under threat

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Hollywood is already under threat on many fronts. Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2025 Some states in the Pacific Northwest are under threat of widespread flooding and severe weather next week, according to the National Weather Service's (NWS) latest forecast. Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025 Those rights are under threat of immediate harm because the injunction (the industry groups) had obtained to prevent HB 3's enforcement and to safeguard members' and their users' constitutional rights is now stayed. CBS News, 3 Dec. 2025 Finding his family under threat from a pair of psychotic local gangsters, Roman must use both his stock-market smarts and his family’s crematorium to curry favor with, and finally overcome, his enemies. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for under threat

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“Under threat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20threat. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.

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