as in to endanger
to place in danger
don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board
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Responding to Ward’s letter, Brown said that soil testing jeopardized the speed and the budget of the cleanup.
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in a Monday night interview on Fox News, strongly rejected any suggestion that DOGE's work in the Social Security Administration will jeopardize Americans' Social Security checks.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Trading Lankinen would jeopardize their playoff chances, especially with Demko’s recent injury.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
The cartels’ hijacking of trucks and the blockading of ports of entry, however, are now jeopardizing the safety of U.S.-Mexican supply chains, which in turn gravely imperils the U.S. strategic objective to de-risk its supply chains from dependence on China.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
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Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, in a Monday night interview on Fox News, strongly rejected any suggestion that DOGE's work in the Social Security Administration will jeopardize Americans' Social Security checks.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Trading Lankinen would jeopardize their playoff chances, especially with Demko’s recent injury.
—Harman Dayal, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
The cartels’ hijacking of trucks and the blockading of ports of entry, however, are now jeopardizing the safety of U.S.-Mexican supply chains, which in turn gravely imperils the U.S. strategic objective to de-risk its supply chains from dependence on China.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Jeopardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardize. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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