as in threats
something that may cause injury or harm
willing to face the dangers of the Arctic in quest of the Northwest Passage
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Recent Examples of dangers
Yu said neighbors have long warned about the dangers.
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Kenny Choi, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
The physical dangers inherent in productions at this time were inseparable from the stories appearing onscreen, because simulation was more or less impossible; filmmaking was analog.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The State Department previously warned of potentially deadly boating dangers in the Bahamas.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
The primary threats to the species include entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes — two dangers that are especially deadly for the youngest members of the population.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
Even before the first atomic detonation at the Trinity test, James Franck, Eugene Rabinowitch, Leo Szilard and others issued a report warning of the far-reaching consequences of unleashing the atomic bomb, highlighting the dangers of a nuclear arms race.
—Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
The primary purpose of the checkpoint is to promote public safety by increasing awareness of the dangers associated with drinking and driving, and deterring potential impaired drivers.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
That discovery would turn the case into yet another sharp warning to attorneys and, notably this time, the judge, about the dangers of AI.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
But the dangers that drive many parents to keep their kids indoors, and that prompt strangers to call in reports like Jake’s, are a different story.
—Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Kenny Choi, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
The physical dangers inherent in productions at this time were inseparable from the stories appearing onscreen, because simulation was more or less impossible; filmmaking was analog.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
The State Department previously warned of potentially deadly boating dangers in the Bahamas.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
The primary threats to the species include entanglement in fishing gear and vessel strikes — two dangers that are especially deadly for the youngest members of the population.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
Even before the first atomic detonation at the Trinity test, James Franck, Eugene Rabinowitch, Leo Szilard and others issued a report warning of the far-reaching consequences of unleashing the atomic bomb, highlighting the dangers of a nuclear arms race.
—Daniel Holz, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
The primary purpose of the checkpoint is to promote public safety by increasing awareness of the dangers associated with drinking and driving, and deterring potential impaired drivers.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026
That discovery would turn the case into yet another sharp warning to attorneys and, notably this time, the judge, about the dangers of AI.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
But the dangers that drive many parents to keep their kids indoors, and that prompt strangers to call in reports like Jake’s, are a different story.
—Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dangers
Noun
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Before applying to be a special agent, Canvasser was a civilian employee assigned to the Office of Strategic Information and Intelligence, which monitors and assesses threats to the president and others under Secret Service protection.—
Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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San Francisco police early Friday arrested a person who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman's home and made threats outside the AI giant's San Francisco headquarters, the company said in a statement.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
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The phrase was originally associated with Sutskever, who used it to caution his colleagues about the risks of artificial general intelligence—the threshold at which machines match human cognitive capacities.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Blue Lagoon Cruises said pumpable fuel as well as other oils stored onboard the ship had been removed by Monday, diminishing environmental risks.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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For more than a month, security practitioners have been warning about the perils of using OpenClaw, the viral AI agentic tool that has taken the development community by storm.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2026
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But the strategy has perils and pitfalls.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Dangers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dangers. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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