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Threatened in peacetime by deforestation, intensive agriculture, urbanisation, pollution, hunting and climate change, Russia's 2022 invasion has wrought yet more suffering on Ukraine's birdlife.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Threatened strikes on key energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar could push oil prices past $120 a barrel immediately, according to Rystad Energy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Threatened with eviction by his fed-up family unless he takes an open slot teaching poetry at a high school, Oscar swallows his pride and takes the gig.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Under an agreement between the Brazilian government and the German nonprofit Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots, 52 Spix’s macaws were sent in 2020 to Brazil on two charter flights.

From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024

Threatened closely I grow stupid, and sit on a bag of sand wondering if a man could swim to Orgoreyn.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin