jeopardized

past tense of jeopardize

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of jeopardized But the Christmas Companions program is soon jeopardized as the contractor for the center’s community room suddenly pulls out. — Rachel Labonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026 The judge also ordered officials to refrain from removing any more objects from the museum’s exhibits, alleging that the rights of Colombians to free expression and historical memory could be jeopardized. — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2026 Mische argues that without adequate fuel reserves for a shortage — like during a war — our military readiness could be jeopardized. — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 Each state could use its health department or university system to establish production facilities to manufacture vaccines jeopardized by federal policy. — Joel Dodge, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026 The health pact had been jeopardized by privacy concerns over sharing citizens’ data. — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026 As Ruben and Gus form an unlikely friendship, the bond is jeopardized when both men’s pasts threaten to catch up with them. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2026 When regulations begin to overlap, permitting and building are jeopardized through financial and practical burdens. — Bennett Lawson, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Marlene Nuechterlein, who lives on Lincoln Street, said frequent outages jeopardized her and her husband’s health because both use CPAP machines at night to manage sleep apnea. — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardized
Verb
  • Barn owls are not endangered but are extremely rare in New York City.
    — Lincoln Anderson, New York Daily News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • While not federally listed as endangered, conservationists believe there are fewer than 250 left in Texas.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The wider campaign has disrupted electricity and water supplies and threatened essential medical services.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg threatened to leave if the measure passed.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Arizona’s Taiwanese immigrants have risked a lot in coming to America, staking their futures on a new project in an unknown place at a time of extreme nativist backlash.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The company had previously said a penalty in the billions of dollars risked violating its constitutional rights to due process and protection from excessive fines.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026

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“Jeopardized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardized. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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