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- verb Present participle of
imperil .
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Examples
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As part of his counterinsurgency strategy, McChrystal implemented stringent rules of engagement that some critics have described as imperiling his own troops in the field.
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Both are cast as imperiling America but in different ways.
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto: The 2010 Negative Ad Rodeo Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto 2010
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Leading Republicans seized on Obama's Mideast remarks, insisting that he was imperiling Israel's security.
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If Mr. Boehner has to pass the vote by relying on Democratic votes—and if he loses more than half of GOP lawmakers in the process—he might avert default while imperiling his effectiveness as a leader.
Again, Boehner Needs Votes Patrick O'Connor 2011
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He could have shown the American people why this demand had nothing to do with deficit reduction but everything to do with the GOP's ideological fixation on shrinking the size of the government -- thereby imperiling Medicare, Social Security, education, infrastructure, and everything else Americans depend on.
Ransom Paid 2011
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Dodd-Frank relies on the notion that interconnections among large nonbank firms amplified the crisis—in effect, that Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy in September 2008 weakened other large financial institutions, imperiling the entire financial system.
Dodd-Frank and the Myth of 'Interconnectedness' Peter J. Wallison 2012
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The releases could go into August, imperiling communities up and down the river.
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Both are cast as imperiling America but in different ways.
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto: The 2010 Negative Ad Rodeo Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto 2010
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The releases could go into August, imperiling communities up and down the river.
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Both are cast as imperiling America but in different ways.
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto: The 2010 Negative Ad Rodeo Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto 2010
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