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Example sentences for: threaten

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Caesar drew Gaul’s northeastern frontier at the Rhine, taking in present-day Belgium, and warned that the Germanic tribes across the river — the Franks (after whom France is named), Alamans, and Saxons — would always threaten the security of the frontier.
And the cease-fire is conditional: if Iraq permits inspections, doesn't fly planes in certain areas, and doesn't threaten our troops, then we will hold our fire.
As Jacobs has pointed out, for neighborhoods to thrive, strangers must both feel comfortable entering neighborhoods and behave in ways that don't threaten the neighborhood.
In addition, the combination of emission reductions and timing is not feasible and could threaten the reliability of electricity supply.
The latest is that Iraq continues to block the operations of a U.N. weapons inspection team, and to threaten to shoot down U.S. surveillance planes.