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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The work stoppage threatens to reignite inflation and cause layoffs in related industries if the work stoppage persists, experts said.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
The world’s gotten a lot more dangerous in the last few days as the dockworkers’ strike threatens to hike the likes of grocery prices and the Mideast teeters on the brink of widespread warfare.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
Bridge The Human-Tech Gap Fear of obsolescence is at the heart of the dock workers’ strike, as automation threatens traditional roles.
—Ethan Karp, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
But the scandal threatens to swamp his firm, which took on debt and lent Kahn $200 million to build and take the Delaware, Ohio, company private.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
The situation in the Middle East has reached boiling point and threatens to spill over into all-out conflict.
—Mike Brest, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Oct. 2024
Tech stocks like Nvidia tumbled as a powerful typhoon barrels towards Taiwan and threatens to disrupt the flow of chips from the island.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 1 Oct. 2024
Drug Use, Delaware Chancery Court A shareholder suit alleges that Musk’s use of illicit recreational drugs threatens Tesla’s business, including by apparently influencing his sometimes erratic behavior online.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Threatens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threatens. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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