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Recent Examples of jeopardized
Without the right environmental variables, the microbial neighborhoods will simply die off — and Yi has also thought through all the left-field scenarios that could have jeopardized the work.
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
The Middle East war has jeopardized Gulf nations economic plans aimed at riding the global AI boom, as an extended conflict tests investor confidence, raising questions over energy security and infrastructure resilience.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 25 May 2026
Two counties, Union and Glades, saw their school districts put on emergency administration after enrollment declines jeopardized their solvency, and lawmakers moved to prevent the same from happening in other counties.
—Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
The sources claimed staffing was insufficient and that staff members were poorly trained, and that an inability to handle the massive volume of patient and provider data jeopardized coverage for millions.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 6 May 2026
The error caused her credit score to plunge roughly 85 points and jeopardized her plans to move with her disabled father into a more accessible home.
—Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 4 May 2026
The ordeal, which exposed fierce acrimony between House and Senate Republicans, left thousands of workers without pay, upended air travel and jeopardized Americans' safety.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Pentagon officials have warned that the deficits jeopardized the military’s ability to prevail in a hypothetical conflict against Russia or China.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
The Office of Inspector General determined in a report that Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026
The Middle East war has jeopardized Gulf nations economic plans aimed at riding the global AI boom, as an extended conflict tests investor confidence, raising questions over energy security and infrastructure resilience.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 25 May 2026
Two counties, Union and Glades, saw their school districts put on emergency administration after enrollment declines jeopardized their solvency, and lawmakers moved to prevent the same from happening in other counties.
—Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 25 May 2026
The sources claimed staffing was insufficient and that staff members were poorly trained, and that an inability to handle the massive volume of patient and provider data jeopardized coverage for millions.
—Jason Kane, NBC news, 6 May 2026
The error caused her credit score to plunge roughly 85 points and jeopardized her plans to move with her disabled father into a more accessible home.
—Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, 4 May 2026
The ordeal, which exposed fierce acrimony between House and Senate Republicans, left thousands of workers without pay, upended air travel and jeopardized Americans' safety.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 1 May 2026
Pentagon officials have warned that the deficits jeopardized the military’s ability to prevail in a hypothetical conflict against Russia or China.
—Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
The Office of Inspector General determined in a report that Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy.
—Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jeopardized
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With logistics in the Persian Gulf snarled and endangered due to the conflict, rerouting is not seamless.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The reticulateds were listed as endangered, the frosties as threatened.—
Nathan Rott,
NPR,
27 May 2026
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Trump used expletives to convey his disapproval of Israel’s plans, which threatened to upend negotiations with Iran.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
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In 2025, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claimed that AI could eliminate 50% of white-collar jobs; and last summer, OpenAI chief Sam Altman said that entry-level work was threatened by automation.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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But moving too aggressively risked internal strife.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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But that also risked diluting the administration’s leverage in peace talks.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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“Jeopardized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardized. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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