as in risk
the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil
the city has reduced the number of its firefighters, to the imperilment of every homeowner
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Noun
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So the San Francisco Bay Area resident went back to a family recipe and decided to take a risk, with a whisk.—
Itay Hod,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026 -
The notion of compliance as an interconnected system aligns with broader trends in risk management.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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This promises investors dramatic upside, or the jeopardy of existential implosion, depending on their results on the field.—
Andrés Martinez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
2 Apr. 2026
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There is a danger, in climate planning, of investing in protection against the previous disaster rather than against the next—the engineer’s version of fighting the last war.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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There was not really a danger from Minnesota, honestly.—
Damian Calhoun,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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At even strength in the first period, the Sharks had all kinds of trouble with the Predators’ pressure in the defensive and neutral zones.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Illini had trouble getting in an extended flow and at times looked deflated.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Imperilment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imperilment. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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