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
  • Tommy felt like the thing that defined him was under threat.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • Frisch’s Big Boys across Greater Cincinnati are under threat.
    Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Twenty-six structures have been destroyed by the blaze and more than 450 are under threat.
    Steve Almasy, CNN, 6 July 2024
  • The vibe on the river has changed too, as people live under threat of punishment.
    Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
  • Theirs is, The Last of the Sea Women tells us through the haenyeo’s own testimony, a culture under threat.
    Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Their important roles are under threat due to… well, us.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Around the country, drag performers are under threat, thrust to the center of a culture war.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The labor peace that has been a foundation of East Coast supply chains is now under threat.
    Peter Tirschwell, WSJ, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In Colombia, jaguar habitats are under threat as forests shrink.
    Luis Bernardo Cano, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2023
  • But now, even the infrastructure the state does have is under threat, such as the Honoapiilani Highway.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 11 July 2024
  • With Springfield under threat of destruction, the family tries to return and and save the town.
    Kimberly Aguirre, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
  • 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
  • The West is under threat of unstable weather for the next several days.
    David Koenig, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
  • At the beginning of their career, the duo was forced to change their original name—the Deers—under threat of lawsuit from the Canadian band the Dears.
    Brendan Hay, SPIN, 5 Sep. 2024
  • But even this threadbare dog-and-pony existence is under threat.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • That approach makes intuitive sense in a warming world where many reefs are under threat.
    Fanni Szakal, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2024
  • Howze arrived at a moment when the neighborhood was under threat.
    Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The woman says Combs ignored her attempts to resist and forced her to take her clothes off under threat of violence.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • In the season 5 finale of The Handmaid's Tale tensions mounted as June’s life remained under threat.
    Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
  • 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
  • And not just for the patients; doctors suffer as well, under threat of prison time for simply providing care.
    Jourdain Searles, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
  • In primates, a similar pattern has been observed, with competition linked to a spike in testosterone in males under threat of losing a mate.
    New Atlas, 26 Nov. 2024

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