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 But changes passed in the Senate would require approval in the House, and any major adjustments could jeopardize the delicate balance of support that allowed GOP leaders to force the bill through last month. Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 12 June 2025 These shifts not only jeopardize public health but also threaten to erode trust in our health institutions at a critical time. Dr. Jerome Adams, Time, 10 June 2025 Legal questions over status to be tested anew But many in American Samoa eventually soured on the idea, fearing that extending birthright citizenship would jeopardize its customs — including the territory’s communal land laws. Mark Thiessen, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025 ProPublica recently reported that relatively small cuts at the agency have already been jeopardizing veterans’ care. Brandon Roberts, ProPublica, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for jeopardize
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  • These strikes were precise and limited—aimed not at the Iranian people, but at the violent ideology that endangers them too.
    Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • Only in the contiguous United States did citizens require high-budget movies to understand the chain of events by which the war might endanger their homes.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
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  • But the legal wrangling over the preventive coverage mandates also threatened to put at risk access to preventive care.
    June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
  • The children are then threatened with many fictional stories, ending with them being kidnapped by Lu Mamau, who, by putting them in his sack, takes them with him forever, far away to his dark and unknown lair.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 27 June 2025

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“Jeopardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardize. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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