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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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The wildfire devastated a people and a way of life already under threat.
  — Ashley Pōkiʻi Lewis, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
• 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
• Most Americans continue to think U.S. democracy and the rule of law are under threat.
  — Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2024
• An anxiety emerged that the racial order of America was under threat.
  — Moira Donegan, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Even now, when the future of indie cinema is seemingly under threat.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 10 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Sep 2024