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to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on
the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline
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Recent Examples of threatened
Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The series takes viewers around the world, highlighting the urgent mission to protect our planet's most threatened places.
—Maya Duclay, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
The Times revealed last January that west Altadena never received evacuation warnings, and orders to evacuate came hours after flames and smoke threatened the community.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
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Prendergast added that some mining companies don’t survey for native bees, so there may be even more species out there, including those that are vital parts of threatened plants and ecosystems.
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An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts.
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Police in Chickasha have issued an endangered missing advisory for Ryan, who also goes by RJ or Ryker.—
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Researchers are also studying ways to cool the most endangered parts of the reef, like spraying salt water into clouds to deflect sunlight.—
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But those states also have Republican governors, who would have raised holy hell if their constituents had been menaced by these roving mobs of mendicants.—
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Pop-culture figures like Frankenstein, Dracula, and the Wolfman are so ubiquitous as to be both movie characters and parodies of themselves, and this DuckTales episode is good for any kids that like monsters but aren’t quite ready to be menaced by them yet.—
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The hospital was also found liable for the fraudulent billing of Maya’s father, Jack.—
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However, from time to time mistakes will be made and we will not be held liable.—
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If an entrance hole is too large, smaller nesting birds will be vulnerable to predators and invasive species, including house sparrows, larger birds of prey, squirrels, snakes and even cats, which Hamlin says are birds’ top predators.—
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People who have weakened immune systems or existing lung and heart disease are most vulnerable to cardiac complications from the flu.—
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Alicia Kennedy considers the past and (imperiled) present of the foodie.—
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The new ratings also show a more imperiled reelection bid for two Republicans who had previously represented more safely red regions.—
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Single-Food Diets Diets that rely on a single food or drink, such as the cabbage soup diet, grapefruit diet, or Master Cleanse drink diet, as well as diets that rely on a single food group, like the fruitarian diet, are unsafe and lack key nutrients your body needs to function.—
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Since the video was posted, Hasan, who is Somali, said his center has received harassing phone calls making staff members and parents feel unsafe.—
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The human brain is highly susceptible to often unproductive mind-wandering, and modern technology has only made the problem worse.—
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Common Pests and Diseases Like all plants, hoyas can be susceptible to pests and diseases.—
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During that intrusion, the attacker discovered an exposed API that could be used to access customer information linked to 700Credit's dealership clients.—
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America is entering 2026 with a health system that is more politically exposed, more unequal, and more unstable than at any time in recent memory.—
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“Threatened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threatened. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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