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peril

noun as in danger, risk

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Micheál Martin said his visit came "at a moment of great peril for the world" .

From BBC

This year, the World Health Organization is due to complete its reassessment of coca at Bolivia’s request: if it’s decided that coca’s bodily perils have been overexaggerated, this could clear the way for global reform.

From Salon

There’s a reason any and all development proposals are exhaustively reviewed, with the perils of sea level rise in mind, and in the interest of protecting marine and shore habitats.

As she noted, “I think on this one I was like, ‘OK, if I’m going with her into certain peril, I think maybe I start out just not taking any of it that seriously.’”

At the EPA, Trump has already put more than 1,000 workers on notice that their jobs are in peril, and throughout the 2024 campaign he vowed to completely gut the agency.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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