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something that may cause injury or harm
terrorism is a threat to the safety of people everywhere
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Recent Examples of threats
The Administration’s treatment of immigration officers as a vulnerable group rests on claims that agents now face unprecedented threats.
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Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
According to Hartling, school officials have since learned that similar threats were directed at other schools across the state.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
As scholars of post-9/11 racialization have shown, people taken to be Arab or Middle Eastern were widely cast as potential security threats, regardless of their religious identity.
—Candace Lukasik, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
While no imminent threats are known, NASA continues to track potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
His old threats aren’t working anymore, perhaps because reality is reasserting itself.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
It's got some useful features, including smoke alarm detection to keep you and your family safe from potential threats, as well as two-way talk functionality to speak to people from your phone.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
There are security threats, online chatter, even a bloody pig’s head sent to his family’s door.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
According to Hartling, school officials have since learned that similar threats were directed at other schools across the state.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser and taking steps to ensure that she and her children are protected from any further harm.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
As scholars of post-9/11 racialization have shown, people taken to be Arab or Middle Eastern were widely cast as potential security threats, regardless of their religious identity.
—Candace Lukasik, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
While no imminent threats are known, NASA continues to track potentially hazardous near-Earth objects.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
His old threats aren’t working anymore, perhaps because reality is reasserting itself.
—Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026
It's got some useful features, including smoke alarm detection to keep you and your family safe from potential threats, as well as two-way talk functionality to speak to people from your phone.
—George Yang, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
There are security threats, online chatter, even a bloody pig’s head sent to his family’s door.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for threats
Noun
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But Missy Cummings, a professor of engineering and computing at George Mason University, said these crashes highlight some of the dangers of partially autonomous driving systems that allow people to disengage.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Angie Martinez knows the dangers of street harassment all to well.—
Allen Devlin,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No big risks, only guarantees of a good time.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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But White, who went on to be listed as a co-author of the study, told KFF Health News that parents should have been informed that the risks included metabolic acidosis and NEC.—
David Hilzenrath,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Our roads are concussion- and whiplash-inducing menaces.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 Mar. 2026
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But the ability to beat back our more routine pathological menaces is a good indicator of the country’s ability to take on bigger, more virulent threats.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But the strategy has perils and pitfalls.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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The perils of late-stage capitalism and the swerve away from Antihero TV toward toxic yuri make Galsworthy’s chilling protagonist Soames Forsyte quite difficult to root for, really.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Threats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threats. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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