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the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil the city's firefighters routinely put their lives in jeopardy by executing daring rescues
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Recent Examples of jeopardy His expansion plans may be in jeopardy. —
Scott Lebar. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026 Meantime the future beyond this year of Tour rival LIV Golf is in jeopardy as doubts arise whether the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will continue bankrolling the league. —Greg Cote april 19, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 The uncertainty over what was agreed to and what was not has put the ceasefire into jeopardy. —Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026 This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jeopardy
Scott Lebar. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026 Meantime the future beyond this year of Tour rival LIV Golf is in jeopardy as doubts arise whether the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia will continue bankrolling the league. —Greg Cote april 19, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 The uncertainty over what was agreed to and what was not has put the ceasefire into jeopardy. —Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026 This is a city of unprecedented opportunity and jeopardy. —Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 2 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jeopardy
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McMahon had a career’s worth of lessons in the virtues of bombast, and also in the dangers of it.— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Although the moody, groovy songs on her 1999 debut, No Angel, seemed to hint at danger or allude to Dido’s former life as a teenage wild child, Life for Rent was all middle-class Islington status quo.— Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 19 Apr. 2026
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Oversight should focus on providers that exhibit clear signs of risk, with better use of data to identify outliers and more consistent, targeted audits.— Tom Koutsoumpas, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026
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The Wall Street bank said the PlayStation owner's size positions it to manage both the risks and rewards of AI advances.— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
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The story involves the troubles of a beloved brother, and the longtime effort to reckon with his pain and that of his family.— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
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Lord and Cionel Perez pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings before turning it over to Clayton Beeter, who notched his second save in three tries but had to pitch out of trouble.— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
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That includes promoting undercover videos showing the perils of factory farming, sometimes with narrators or amplifiers like Joaquin Phoenix, Alicia Silverstone, Pamela Anderson and Woody Harrelson.— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 17 Apr. 2026
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Vineyard Wind is now in peril after the firm filed a lawsuit against the wind farm’s contractor, GE Vernova, which is threatening to back out of the massive project over a dispute about costs.— Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
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