as in to endanger
to place in danger
don't do anything that will jeopardize your place on the advisory board
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As two giants in Connecticut’s health care industry approached a deadline Monday night that could jeopardize health care benefits for thousands of people, state Healthcare Advocate Kathleen Holt said consumers and patients are suffering no matter how the dispute resolves.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
This could jeopardize the timely issuance of extreme weather watches and warnings.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Although the Pentagon hasn’t offered classification details about the information in the Signal chats, information about upcoming military strikes is typically tightly guarded to ensure adversaries don’t have advance warning that could jeopardize the mission or put American service members at risk.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
And that is a problem particularly for the tourism and construction sectors, while jeopardizing our regional economy.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 1 Apr. 2025
This could jeopardize the timely issuance of extreme weather watches and warnings.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
Although the Pentagon hasn’t offered classification details about the information in the Signal chats, information about upcoming military strikes is typically tightly guarded to ensure adversaries don’t have advance warning that could jeopardize the mission or put American service members at risk.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
And that is a problem particularly for the tourism and construction sectors, while jeopardizing our regional economy.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Jeopardize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jeopardize. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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