How to Use jeopardy in a Sentence

jeopardy

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  • The Wyoming game next week could be in jeopardy as well.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2022
  • This is a book about the role of the press in a democracy that’s in grave jeopardy.
    — Kathy Kiely, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
  • One false move, and all the months of jeopardy would be for nothing.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Without a deal by the end of the month, an on-time start to the season would be in jeopardy.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The Paris process, in other words, would be in great jeopardy.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Putin, meanwhile, blamed Ukraine for putting the plant in jeopardy.
    — Paul Best, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • But an arm injury has put the unique QB matchup in jeopardy.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 1 Apr. 2023
  • But the nation is not out of the woods, and some states are in greater jeopardy than others.
    — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 18 July 2024
  • The future of the Ryder Cup could be in jeopardy amid golf's big split.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
  • This is not the first time Crisman's Super Bowl streak has been put in jeopardy.
    — Elizabeth Flores, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Glenn’s job seemed to be in jeopardy when the Lions got off to a slow start, but the defense has done a 180 since the bye.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Shlyak worries that any strides made by Ukraine since the 1990s could be in jeopardy.
    — Jeremy Gorner, chicagotribune.com, 3 Mar. 2022
  • But in Texas, that would have put them in legal jeopardy.
    — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Since the school has been closed for the remainder of the year, the squad’s status is in jeopardy anyway.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Oct. 2022
  • The only exception to Ohio's law is if the life of the mother is in jeopardy.
    — Bethany Bruner, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022
  • The only exception is if the life of the woman is in jeopardy.
    — Kevin McGill, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2022
  • The only exception to the law is if the mother's life is in jeopardy.
    — Bob Christie, ajc, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The only exception to the law is if the mother’s life is in jeopardy.
    — Bob Christie, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The only exemption to the ban is if the woman’s life is in jeopardy.
    — Bob Christie, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Sep. 2022
  • This is a great way to earn some cash whenever your bet looks to be in jeopardy.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 1 Feb. 2023
  • But this one seems more ominous on the legal jeopardy front.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The only exception in the Texas ban is when the life of the pregnant person is in jeopardy.
    — Niki Griswold, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Now, climate change could put those trends in jeopardy.
    — NBC News, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Nazari didn’t want to lie and put everyone in jeopardy.
    — George Packer, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2022
  • True, the winner will have an extra game to play, and thus will be put in jeopardy of taking a loss at the end of the season.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The West is in the throes of a 23-year megadrought that has nearly drained reservoirs and put water supplies in jeopardy.
    — Brian Melley, ajc, 9 Sep. 2022
  • But, at this point, should Biden engage the country in that level of jeopardy?
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
  • The passage of the Build Back Better bill is in serious jeopardy, even though it was supposed to be done by the end of the year.
    — Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021
  • And if City weren’t in the title race, the United manager was usually fighting for his job, so there’d be that element of jeopardy.
    — Sam Lee, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Trump ally and surrogate Bondi has routinely come to Trump's aid when he's faced legal jeopardy.
    — April Rubin, Axios, 22 Nov. 2024

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