as in endangers
to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline
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Recent Examples of threatens
One heavy hitter threatens the dominance of The Black Phone 2 at the box office next weekend.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
If built, the tower threatens to cast his 1865 house largely in the shadows for months at a time.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
But when Gwen falls into a dream state, the Grabber's assault on the group threatens to derail their plan entirely.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 Oct. 2025
The lukewarm homecoming turns worse after finding out about a new spell that can turn humans to witches, which threatens her family’s top-dog standing.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
The impasse has driven French bond yields higher, and threatens to hit the country’s economy, with many of its neighbors watching nervously.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
When their horrific amusement park threatens to take over the town, a pair of children need to face off with the terrible Twits.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
But Gronnemark is not alone in feeling that an approach geared around set plays, lengthy stoppages and restarts threatens to take a lot of the energy, excitement and enjoyment out of matches.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Trump again threatens to send Tomahawks to Ukraine The long-range missiles would allow Kyiv to conduct deep, long-range strikes into Russia.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Oct. 2025
If built, the tower threatens to cast his 1865 house largely in the shadows for months at a time.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
But when Gwen falls into a dream state, the Grabber's assault on the group threatens to derail their plan entirely.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 18 Oct. 2025
The lukewarm homecoming turns worse after finding out about a new spell that can turn humans to witches, which threatens her family’s top-dog standing.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
The impasse has driven French bond yields higher, and threatens to hit the country’s economy, with many of its neighbors watching nervously.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 17 Oct. 2025
When their horrific amusement park threatens to take over the town, a pair of children need to face off with the terrible Twits.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
But Gronnemark is not alone in feeling that an approach geared around set plays, lengthy stoppages and restarts threatens to take a lot of the energy, excitement and enjoyment out of matches.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Trump again threatens to send Tomahawks to Ukraine The long-range missiles would allow Kyiv to conduct deep, long-range strikes into Russia.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threatens
endangers
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In a statement to Fox News Digital, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) emphasized that pointing lasers at aircraft endangers both pilots and people on the ground and is prohibited under state and federal law.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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That the nation’s president used his platform to promote theories that have been thoroughly debunked across hundreds of studies endangers all children.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Threatens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threatens. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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