How to Use under threat in a Sentence

under threat

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  • But that work may now be under threat.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Now that progress is under threat.
    Gwen Moore, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Even horses could be under threat.
    Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But that heartbeat is under threat.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • And yet, the irony is that these are often the very programs under threat.
    Eric Mosley, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Graves have been submerged and entire ways of life feel under threat.
    CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Graves have been submerged and entire ways of life feel under threat.
    ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Journalists are under threat from deep fakes.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But not too long ago, the balance of this passageway was under threat.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • Many of them are currently in some of the regions under threat.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Police were under threat and were within their right to control the crowd.
    Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The lawsuit alleges that she was forced under threat to get into his car and go to her house.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The moon, on the other hand, remained under threat for a little while longer.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In Colombia, jaguar habitats are under threat as forests shrink.
    Luis Bernardo Cano, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But even this threadbare dog-and-pony existence is under threat.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Just another third space under threat.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But the 2026 race comes as Cleaver is under threat from both sides of the aisle.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Imagine waking up one day to learn that all your hard work in the past and dreams for the future are under threat.
    Joanne Frederick, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The vibe on the river has changed too, as people live under threat of punishment.
    Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Some 296 million children in the world live under threat of all three.
    Maryanne Murray Buechner, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The deal aims to save 2,300 jobs at the plant, which was under threat of closure.
    J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026
  • That approach makes intuitive sense in a warming world where many reefs are under threat.
    Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
  • And if that's not bad enough, the theater is under threat of demolition too.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Now, its ability to do that for many air pollutants is under threat.
    Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Hollywood is already under threat on many fronts.
    Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2025
  • But two years after voters approved the bond package, part of that project was under threat.
    Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Back across the Atlantic, the very nature of such polemic appears under threat.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
  • But even under threat of a fine or a public whipping, pilgrims still flocked to the site by the thousands.
    Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Need to know Restaurants in India are under threat.
    Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 12 Mar. 2026
  • We were later told that they had been instructed not to speak with the press under threat of losing their jobs.
    Joanna Thompson, Space.com, 28 May 2025

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