under threat

idiom

: by someone who has been threatened with harm
an action done under threat

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Frisch’s Big Boys across Greater Cincinnati are under threat. Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 20 Nov. 2024 Coming so soon after an election partly decided by highly online men who feel their status to be under threat, this outcome seems like an omen: Old systems may soon be torn down, with little to replace them but bluster spun as redemption. Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024 The Hong Kong government rejects the idea that judicial independence is under threat, saying that cases are handled in accordance with the law and that individual rights are protected under Hong Kong’s mini-constitution and Bill of Rights. Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2024 TikTok isn’t the only Chinese behemoth under threat. Samuel Burke, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for under threat 

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“Under threat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20threat. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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