A deadly pig disease has just entered Germany for the first time, threatening to hammer exports from Europe’s biggest hog-producing nation.
Europe is on high alert after a deadly swine virus emerges in Germany|Bernhard Warner|September 10, 2020|Fortune
The scuttlebutt was that about half a million dollars of advertising was threatening to walk unless something was done.
When Did Gavin McInnes Lose His Mind?|Eugene Robinson|September 6, 2020|Ozy
McDade subsequently threatened his attackers in a Facebook Live video he made.
Tony McDade case leaves many unanswered questions|Michael K. Lavers|September 4, 2020|Washington Blade
These often can be removed before they progress to life-threatening stages.
Chadwick Boseman’s Death From Colorectal Cancer Underscores An Alarming Increase In Cases Among Younger Adults As Well As Health Gaps For African Americans|LGBTQ-Editor|September 2, 2020|No Straight News
One could ask why trying to persuade someone to wear a mask would threaten their dignity.
In The Time Of The COVID-19 Pandemic, What Should You Say To Someone Who Refuses To Wear A Mask? A Philosopher Weighs In|LGBTQ-Editor|August 30, 2020|No Straight News
Anyone willing to threaten war over a joke is clearly not playing with a full deck.
The Sony Hack and America’s Craven Capitulation To Terror|David Keyes|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Second, they threaten one of the most precious resources in our state: public education that is open to all children.
Hunger Games Comes to New York State’s Public Schools|Zephyr Teachout|November 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I meet with the editors, I write them letters, I threaten them,” he said.
Would Pro-Israel Billionaires Adelson and Saban Really Buy the NYT?|Eli Lake|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The letter attacks Braley for having “willingly voted for extreme measures that threaten the lives of unborn children.”
Pro-Life Group Sends Over The Top Mailer|Ben Jacobs|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My husband used my immigration status to threaten me for over twelve years.
Immigrant Women Facing Domestic Abuse Need Stronger Protections|Adriana Cazorla|October 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps I was wrong to lose my temper and threaten him, but I am half mad.
An American Suffragette|Isaac N. Stevens
If a man treats you badly in any way, you threaten to pay him back in his own coin by saying, 'The cat hasn't eaten the year yet.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce
No, Mary-Ann; I will not threaten you, but breathe their name no more.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 December 9, 1893|Various
I am surrounded by mountains of ice, which admit of no escape, and threaten every moment to crush my vessel.
Frankenstein|Mary W. Shelley
Let them pray and let them threaten—Peter was not afraid of anything or anybody, neither God nor man—not of the devil himself!
North, South and Over the Sea|M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)
British Dictionary definitions for threaten
threaten
/ (ˈθrɛtən) /
verb
(tr)to be a threat to
to be a menacing indication of (something); portenddark clouds threatened rain
(when tr, may take a clause as object)to express a threat to (a person or people)