as in to threaten
to place in danger
a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people
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Recent Examples of endanger
Someone this unstable, whose behavior endangers the nation, should not remain in office.
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Days after his arrest, Kendra too was taken into custody and they were both hit with four counts each of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
Corte-Corte was charged with second-degree kidnapping and endangering the welfare of a child, police said.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
They were each charged with four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
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Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Days after his arrest, Kendra too was taken into custody and they were both hit with four counts each of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
Corte-Corte was charged with second-degree kidnapping and endangering the welfare of a child, police said.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026
They were each charged with four misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree false imprisonment.
—Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2026
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Texas hemp retailers are getting temporary relief after a judge blocked the state's new ban on smokable THC products – a rule that shop owners say threatened to wipe out large portions of their business.—
Briseida Holguin,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Then, guards who worked for the contractor Critical Response Strategies began taunting detainees, threatening to enter the cage where immigrants were held.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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The judge tossed conspiracy, attempted murder and risking a catastrophe counts.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
9 Apr. 2026
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For decades, our parents risked everything so their children could get the education they were denied.—
Sediqa Fahimi,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Leavitt did not provide details about what Iran offered to change, and American officials are not saying much about their plan for fear that doing so could jeopardize talks with Iran.—
Will Weissert,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Iran warned that continued Israeli attacks targeting the militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon could jeopardize the two-day-old truce.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Apr. 2026
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The world is a safer place when Iran is no longer able to threaten the Middle East, and beyond, with missiles nor imperil the world with its nascent nuclear bombs.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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Then the studio structured trailers and marketing around an unspecified, unspeakable disclosure by Zendaya’s character that derails the wedding plans (and imperils the characters’ romantic union) to stoke maximum curiosity.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Endanger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endanger. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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