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 Taylor said divestment would jeopardize those returns, which are factored into the premiums insurers charge property owners. Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025 Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025 The challenge for cable news networks in offering streams of their content has been to do so without jeopardizing the revenue stream of subscription fees from cable and satellite operators. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025 According to Senate President Ty Masterson, the redistricting blitz would in no way jeopardize the state’s chances of landing a stadium megaproject before the end of the year. Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for jeopardize
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  • Wild burros' appetite for native desert trees are endangering the health of Sonoran ecosystems, a new study found.
    John Leos, AZCentral.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Salmon Run, by Alejandra López, tells the story of a Puerto Rican mother working in a salmon-factory in urban Los Angeles whose friend disappears, and her hunt for answers leads her into a corruption that endangers many lives.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • The second-biggest party in South Africa’s government proposed an end to Black economic empowerment laws, a move that threatens to upend the country’s shaky coalition.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • But as the work stoppage drags on and the strikers face losing everything, friends become enemies, families are divided, and the very future of this typical mid-American town is threatened.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Jeopardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardize. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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