as in to endanger
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 threaten
President Donald Trump threatened to hang up the Washington Commanders’ plans to build a new stadium in D.C. in the balance if the team didn’t revert back to the Redskins moniker.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
The Braves also threatened Stroman in the third, as Michael Harris II led the inning off with a single before Nick Allen achieved the same result with a bunt.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods if President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva continued a legal inquiry on former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.
—Rosa De Acosta, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
To make sense of this finding, Inside Climate News turned to data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Risk Index, used to identify the U.S. communities most severely threatened by natural hazards.
—Peter Aldous, Miami Herald, 20 July 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025
The Braves also threatened Stroman in the third, as Michael Harris II led the inning off with a single before Nick Allen achieved the same result with a bunt.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2025
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump threatened to impose 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods if President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva continued a legal inquiry on former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.
—Rosa De Acosta, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
To make sense of this finding, Inside Climate News turned to data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Risk Index, used to identify the U.S. communities most severely threatened by natural hazards.
—Peter Aldous, Miami Herald, 20 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for threaten
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Womack has been hit with multiple counts, including corrupt organizations, endangering the welfare of care, unlawful use of a computer, identity theft, forgery and theft by unlawful taking.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 July 2025
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Shannon Nicole Womack, 39, has been charged with crimes including forgery, identity theft, procurement fraud, unlawful use of a computer, theft by unlawful taking, and endangering the welfare of care, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
24 July 2025
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And that burgeoning population, menaced by poverty and the police, felt the city’s malignance.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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The August 2024 blaze forced some people to flee as the flames menaced their homes, witnesses told this news organization.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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“Threaten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threaten. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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