Example Sentences

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The Civil War, which is jeopardizing his presidency, has turned him into an utter killjoy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2025

The main allegation by unions representing the strikers is that financial mismanagement at the Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, which operates the monument, is jeopardizing essential renovation work.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

A shortage of basic chemotherapy drugs to treat cancer is jeopardizing the care of hundreds of thousands of patients.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2023

The abrupt rupture is jeopardizing data on climate change, oceanography, and ecology that stretch back decades.

From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023

That is our immediate necessity, and no Irishman in responding to it need be afraid he is jeopardizing the future of the Volunteers.

From John Redmond's Last Years by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius