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Meta and other tech companies have increasingly been seeking talking points to counter the surge in negative sentiment, which threatens to impede the build-out of computing capacity needed for their AI models and products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Agency for International Development program that monitored the screwworm parasite, whose reemergence threatens to cost the Texas economy billions in livestock losses.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Its unlikely he “would want to do anything that threatens financial stability, particularly so soon after assuming office,” wrote Dario Perkins, global macroeconomist at TS Lombard.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

But it’s also a ruthless competitor, and its record-smashing public listing threatens to crowd out other names in the space ecosystem.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

All of the wrongness thunders and falls and threatens to bury her alive.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti