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The crisis threatens to engulf several others.

The retreat of the glaciers threatens agriculture downstream.

If a gale threatens, do not go to sea.

President Ahmadinejad threatens to close Strait of Hormuz.

If love threatens others with power, it loses its charm.

Re-enactors detest a development that threatens the ground they revere.

Abbott threatens to scuttle current Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's proposed cap and trade bill.

A mercenary gets involved in a mission that threatens the lives of his kin.

The animal threatens to munch through thousands of Viking vessels and other historic shipwrecks, scientists warn.

Palmer threatens to leak the tape to the media, but Sherry wants him to destroy it.

A dragon threatens to ravage a city or town unless someone can teach it a new spell.

Every day the glass-domed cameras proliferate, and the gateguarded mentality of the deep suburbs threatens to invade our cities.

Firms' spare capacity also means that investment will continue to fall, while rising unemployment threatens to dent consumer spending.

With 19-20 hours of nap time. The habitat of lions has shriveled, and threatens to shrivel more.

South Korean Unification Ministry Spokesman Kim Ho-nyeon says Seoul will not accept the North's terms, which threatens the fundamental operating security of the zone.

It is an issue that threatens not only to put the brakes on India's rapid recent economic growth but also to exacerbate the growing problem of inflation.

If a bubble in share prices or property threatens the whole economy, better to prick it surgically rather than bludgeon everyone with higher interest rates.

The standard undermines the traditional patent bargain between private patent owners and the public and threatens to impede innovation and the dissemination of knowledge.

When a great storm threatens to destroy the ship, he confesses his fault and asks the crew to throw him overboard.

When a pair of criminal masterminds, the Wolf and the Weasel, threatens the destruction of several of the world's major cities unless their demands are met, ace-detective, Alex Cross is once again called into action.

Krishna said that India and the United States have a convergent goal of a stable, peaceful, pluralistic and democratic Afghanistan that protects its people and threatens no others in the region.

The symbolism of the seating allocation is informative, pointing to a shift in the balance of power in the fashion industry that threatens the traditional domination of editors such as Ms Wintour.

Besides, a government that threatens to shut its refugee camps or uproot millions of migrant workers from their homes might be able to extort some money out of Western donors.

However, WHO warns that a projected shortfall in funding threatens the fragile gains and that the double challenge of emerging drug and insecticide resistance needs to be proactively addressed.