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
The message here is that lack of trust threatens to stall growth, transformation and innovation, and businesses must put in the effort to earn credibility through transparency, accountability and a commitment to aligning themselves with customer values.
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Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
By the closing epilogue of the MM romance novel, the author must figure out how to create honest stakes for a gay couple in an overwhelmingly heteronormative context that threatens the heroes with societal subjugation and maybe even physical punishment.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
But the pace of change brought about by AI threatens to dull these capabilities, just when they are needed most.
—Bob Sternfels, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
But few industries have mastered it as quickly as the biggest tech companies, which need more from Washington than ever as their marquee innovation, artificial intelligence, becomes an engine for growth in the US economy and threatens to upend every part of daily life.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
As the first winter storm of 2026 threatens to change weekend plans across Charlotte, local business owners and event planners are already preparing to put things on hold.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
The Senate does not return until next week, and a winter storm closing in on Washington over the weekend threatens to complicate those plans.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
This drastic move threatens the important accessibility and diversity of content available to Arkansans.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
And yet, Peyton Watson (30th overall) is becoming a keeper and Christian Braun (21st overall), even as an ankle injury threatens to spoil this season, landed a second contract as a core player.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
By the closing epilogue of the MM romance novel, the author must figure out how to create honest stakes for a gay couple in an overwhelmingly heteronormative context that threatens the heroes with societal subjugation and maybe even physical punishment.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
But the pace of change brought about by AI threatens to dull these capabilities, just when they are needed most.
—Bob Sternfels, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
But few industries have mastered it as quickly as the biggest tech companies, which need more from Washington than ever as their marquee innovation, artificial intelligence, becomes an engine for growth in the US economy and threatens to upend every part of daily life.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
As the first winter storm of 2026 threatens to change weekend plans across Charlotte, local business owners and event planners are already preparing to put things on hold.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
The Senate does not return until next week, and a winter storm closing in on Washington over the weekend threatens to complicate those plans.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 22 Jan. 2026
This drastic move threatens the important accessibility and diversity of content available to Arkansans.
—Arkansas Online, 15 Jan. 2026
And yet, Peyton Watson (30th overall) is becoming a keeper and Christian Braun (21st overall), even as an ankle injury threatens to spoil this season, landed a second contract as a core player.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threatens
endangers
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To avoid a flareup that endangers the US-UK trade agreement, Starmer aims to downplay Britain’s Chinese imports and highlight its services industries.—
Brendan Murray,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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It was described as a dangerous precedent that endangers civilian lives.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC news,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Threatens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threatens. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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