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as in endangered
to place in danger
menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended
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as in threatened
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet
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Recent Examples of menaced
He was menaced in the English countryside last month by a man shouting at him from 50 yards away, according to British outlet The Telegraph.
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Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
The little people are being menaced by a dark force—a force with power, money, and very few moral inhibitions.
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Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
Donald menaced Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow all game, recording two sacks, four combined tackles, two tackles for loss, and three QB hits in one of the most dominant defensive performances in Super Bowl history.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
For too long, the Iranian regime has targeted the United States, threatened our allies and menaced its neighbors.
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Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Trump’s Republican Party, which narrowly controls the House and Senate, largely sees the conflict with Iran not as the start of a new war, but the end of a government that has long menaced the West.
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Mary Clare Jalonick,
Fortune,
5 Mar. 2026
Iran and its proxies have menaced America and American lives, undermined our core national interests, systematically destabilized the Middle East, and threatened the security of the entire West.
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Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
There’s real, sweat-inducing tension to scenes where Esther, alone at home with her children, is encircled and menaced by mobs of men preying on the easiest of targets.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
Extreme heat fuels out of control bushfires Bushfires, fueled by the soaring temperatures, have menaced towns in the state of Victoria, prompting evacuations as volunteer firefighters attempted to douse flames around homes.
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Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
6 June 2026
The little people are being menaced by a dark force—a force with power, money, and very few moral inhibitions.
—
Hanna Rosin,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
Donald menaced Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow all game, recording two sacks, four combined tackles, two tackles for loss, and three QB hits in one of the most dominant defensive performances in Super Bowl history.
—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
For too long, the Iranian regime has targeted the United States, threatened our allies and menaced its neighbors.
—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
Trump’s Republican Party, which narrowly controls the House and Senate, largely sees the conflict with Iran not as the start of a new war, but the end of a government that has long menaced the West.
—
Mary Clare Jalonick,
Fortune,
5 Mar. 2026
Iran and its proxies have menaced America and American lives, undermined our core national interests, systematically destabilized the Middle East, and threatened the security of the entire West.
—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
28 Feb. 2026
There’s real, sweat-inducing tension to scenes where Esther, alone at home with her children, is encircled and menaced by mobs of men preying on the easiest of targets.
—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 Feb. 2026
Extreme heat fuels out of control bushfires Bushfires, fueled by the soaring temperatures, have menaced towns in the state of Victoria, prompting evacuations as volunteer firefighters attempted to douse flames around homes.
—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for menaced
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Pygmy hippos are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), with fewer than 2,500 adults remaining in the wild across parts of West Africa, including Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
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Sea turtles are some of the most endangered animals on the planet, and Kemp’s ridleys, the smallest species out of the bunch, are critically endangered.
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Here, a quilt flies over the spacious skies of Utah’s Dead Horse Point State Park (an area threatened by drilling permits approved by the US Bureau of Land Management) bearing Wes Gordon’s Georgia, Ashlynn Park’s Arkansas, and Sergio Hudson’s South Carolina, among others.
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Trump on Monday threatened to sue the network again over its coverage of problems with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool following renovations touted by the president on a near-daily basis.
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