as in to endanger
to place in danger
don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board
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Recent Examples of jeopardize
Many executives fear that Trump’s tariffs will jeopardize their businesses.
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Brent Lang, Variety, 7 May 2025
The film showed close-up images of Khan and other mine-clearers even though its director and producer had been warned that doing so would jeopardize their lives, according to the lawsuit and the two former Green Berets who spoke to NBC News.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 6 May 2025
Harvard’s recent actions, however, threaten to jeopardize that support.
—Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Taal is now one of many international students who have criticized the U.S. government and Israel while studying in the U.S. and since, had their ability to stay in the country jeopardized.
—Susan Thomas, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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Brent Lang, Variety, 7 May 2025
The film showed close-up images of Khan and other mine-clearers even though its director and producer had been warned that doing so would jeopardize their lives, according to the lawsuit and the two former Green Berets who spoke to NBC News.
—Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 6 May 2025
Harvard’s recent actions, however, threaten to jeopardize that support.
—Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Taal is now one of many international students who have criticized the U.S. government and Israel while studying in the U.S. and since, had their ability to stay in the country jeopardized.
—Susan Thomas, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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The Metropolitan Police said the suspect was detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life a day after an early-morning fire on Monday damaged the door of the house where Starmer and his family lived before he was elected to lead the country, according to the Associated Press.—
Greg Norman,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2025
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The only two surviving buildings from Terminal Island’s days as a thriving Japanese American fishing village in the early 1900s have been placed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2025 list of America’s 11 most endangered historic places.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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And the Knicks did threaten as Boston’s offensive production tailed off over the final two quarters.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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Block said Floridians’ First Amendment rights are threatened whenever government information is limited.—
Silas Morgan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
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“Jeopardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardize. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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