as in vulnerable
being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm
a daring attempt to rescue the endangered passengers from the burning boat
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as in threatened
to place in danger
a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people
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Recent Examples of endangered
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The agency says reports from the public help researchers locate new wintering areas and better understand where the endangered birds are spending time.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2026
Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Keep an eye out for whooping cranes, endangered Florida panthers, black bears, bobcats, alligators, and red wolves within the roughly 200 acre-park.
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Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
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Adjective
There is new hope for an aging and endangered house on Chicago's West Side, which just so happens to have been designed by none other than Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
The agency says reports from the public help researchers locate new wintering areas and better understand where the endangered birds are spending time.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 June 2026
Verb
In addition to environmental education and advocacy, the center’s mission includes propagating rare and endangered native plants and rehabilitating birds of prey, reptiles and amphibians.
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Aj Willingham,
AJC.com,
24 June 2026
Keep an eye out for whooping cranes, endangered Florida panthers, black bears, bobcats, alligators, and red wolves within the roughly 200 acre-park.
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Elizabeth Rhodes,
Travel + Leisure,
23 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for endangered
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Key industries like agriculture, outdoor recreation, and the power grid are structurally vulnerable to water scarcity and extreme weather, exacerbated by climate change.
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The gang members and associates allegedly focused on recruiting vulnerable minor girls and young women, many of whom came from broken homes or had fallen through the foster care system, Essayli said Wednesday.
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Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.
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Trump on Monday threatened to sue the network again over its coverage of problems with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following renovations touted by the president on a near-daily basis.
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However, people with weakened immune systems or certain underlying health conditions may be more susceptible to infection.
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Cooking Oils Cooking oils high in unsaturated fats, such as olive, walnut, and flaxseed oils, are among the pantry items most susceptible to heat damage.
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While trying to clarify the results of the report to reporters, Ballard also referenced the strength of the state’s case against Tyler Robinson – statements the judge on Friday found risked prejudicing the jury pool.
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Dakar risked defaulting after the government uncovered billions of dollars in undisclosed debt by the previous leadership.
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Rescuers then wait intently for any indication of life, using sensitive microphones or telescopic cameras or simply pressing an ear against the rubble, hoping to detect a voice, a knock or the faintest movement.
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So far, the administration has sued multiple states unsuccessfully in attempts to obtain sensitive voter-roll data to run through a federal database known as the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or SAVE, program.
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Policies of the current federal administration and in certain states have imperiled our global leadership and prospects for the next generations of aspiring scholars of science with the potential for significant damage to our nation’s public health and biomedical and industrial leadership.
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In neighboring Maine, Graham Platner was contending with a drumbeat of reports about his history with women that has left some Democrats worried that the party's path to a Senate majority is suddenly imperiled.
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Some lenders are more exposed than others.
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The outer layers of the star will eventually cool and disperse, leaving a nebula of ex-stellar material surrounding the sun's core, which will then become an exposed cooling stellar remnant called a white dwarf.
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At that point the widespread expectation is MLB owners will lock out the players, and if a deal isn’t reached by mid-March the start of the season could be jeopardized.
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In public statements concerning the Kentucky licensees, the national board said the waivers jeopardized the health and vision of patients and urged the Kentucky board to hold all optometrists to the same competency standards.
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“Endangered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/endangered. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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