How to Use under threat in a Sentence
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The series opens with Bass being forced, under threat of death, to fight on the side of an army that wants to keep him in chains.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2023
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Tommy felt like the thing that defined him was under threat.
—Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2023
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But even under threat of a fine or a public whipping, pilgrims still flocked to the site by the thousands.
—Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
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Some of these changes are under threat due to conflict between the contractor and the city, which is funding part of the project.
—Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 29 June 2023
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Twenty-six structures have been destroyed by the blaze and more than 450 are under threat.
—Steve Almasy, CNN, 6 July 2024
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The vibe on the river has changed too, as people live under threat of punishment.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
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Around the country, drag performers are under threat, thrust to the center of a culture war.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
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In a speech last week, Hezbollah's leader warned that if war erupts, then all of Israel would be under threat.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 27 June 2024
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That progress is under threat as more and more bosses order their staffers back to the office, in some cases up to five days a week.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 5 Apr. 2024
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The labor peace that has been a foundation of East Coast supply chains is now under threat.
—Peter Tirschwell, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
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In Colombia, jaguar habitats are under threat as forests shrink.
—Luis Bernardo Cano, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
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The latter is under threat because of the Hamas-Israel war, even though the Gaza Strip is not home to major crude production.
—Matthew Daly, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
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The West is under threat of unstable weather for the next several days.
—David Koenig, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
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But even this threadbare dog-and-pony existence is under threat.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
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Whether or not these new OpenAI rumors bear fruit next week, Google knows its reign over the search industry is under threat.
—Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 10 May 2024
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That approach makes intuitive sense in a warming world where many reefs are under threat.
—Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
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Howze arrived at a moment when the neighborhood was under threat.
—Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
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Today, their way of life is under threat not only from changing conditions on the ground.
—Michael Benanav, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2024
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But while those sound like big numbers, industry experts said the most important meal of the day isn’t under threat yet.
—Bysasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 July 2024
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Meanwhile, drag shows in Kentucky and Ohio come under threat from extremist groups in a long-running trend.
—Will Carless, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
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The Nickelodeon collab feels like a tacit admission from the N.F.L. that football is under threat.
—Tyler Foggatt, The New Yorker, 12 Feb. 2024
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And with England’s place on the world stage under threat from a Spanish invasion and rioters taking to the streets to denounce the King, the stakes could not have been higher.
—Town & Country, 9 July 2023
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Ukrainians remain under threat from Russian drones, missiles and shelling as fighting picks up along a 700-mile front.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 19 May 2024
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Most Americans continue to think U.S. democracy and the rule of law are under threat.
—Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
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An anxiety emerged that the racial order of America was under threat.
—Moira Donegan, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
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The workers were delivering food to besieged Palestinians in Gaza, many of which are under threat of famine.
—Morgan Fischer, The Arizona Republic, 15 Apr. 2024
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Their way of life — captured by the Spanish word querencia, which people here use to express their love of the land and their obligation to it — was under threat even before the megafire.
—Patrick Lohmann, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2023
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Heirs’ property, a legacy of slavery’s aftermath across the Deep South, is under threat throughout the Black Belt.
—James Pollard, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
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But the power of norms is never guaranteed, and the world’s current normative architecture is under threat.
—Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
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The species' existence is under threat due to deforestation, poaching and other factors.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2024
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