as in to endanger
to place in danger
a scandal that could seriously jeopard his political career
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The Trump administration’s financial support for Ukraine – without which its survival is truly in doubt – is now endangered.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
19 Feb. 2025 -
But growing frustration among companies over recent judicial decisions has led to threats to leave, endangering crucial business incorporation revenue for the First State.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Decimating agencies, military, siding with a terrorist state, threatening to invade US allies, stripping services from vets, ceding US power to Russia and China.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Add on top of that the current tariff regime being instituted and threatened by the Trump administration under the auspices of balancing trade deficits and immigration enforcement negotiations.—
Thomas Kennedy,
Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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While well-intentioned, this approach risks framing justice as a European issue rather than a universal imperative.—
Gyunduz Mamedov,
TIME,
24 Feb. 2025
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Hitters are likely to hesitate risking a challenge in the early innings or early in counts.—
Andrew Baggarly,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Jeopard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopard. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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