JEOPARDED Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

jeoparded

verb

past tense of jeopard

as in endangered

to place in danger a scandal that could seriously jeopard his political career

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Police asked for help finding a 65-year-old Missouri woman who has been missing for a week and a half and is considered endangered.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
There were angels, of course, and superheroes — men and women who gave or endangered their lives to aid and/or rescue others and those who quelled the natural instinct to panic and managed to simply survive.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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This was partly inspired by the club’s latest investigations into apparent ‘ticket-touting’, when 1,149 fan accounts were banned, and more were threatened with having their season tickets revoked.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Rate Field was financed by the State of Illinois after White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf had threatened to move the team to the Tampa Bay Area in Florida back in 1988.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

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