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threat
1. A threat should be rare and if at all necessary should be executed promptly
2. "It can't be the Heavenly Mother you're worried about," she told him, "I'm sure they're no threat to us, they're crippled
3. The Grubs of these are a very serious threat
4. Veiled threat of termination
5. He goes into some detail about the anonymous letters the police have received, stressing the threat to Liz
6. How could they behave like this? How could they treat me like this after all these weeks? But mixed in with the sense of resentment I was also very conscious of the threat
7. That was his greatest fear of all wasn't it? Nothing but pain or the threat of pain could cause his most abject acts of cowardice
8. "I'm sorry if I forgot to tell you, but is it possible you forgot? It isn't a threat, it is related to the ghost in Narrulla's Tear
9. The native astronomers didn't detect the ship, Elond never mentioned the asteroid collision articles and forgot about the incoming starship when no actual threat materialized and everyday life went on
10. Many of us are unwilling to allow the threat of survival to persist when even our ministry or calling or legacy are at stake
11. He allowed that threat to survive because he would not allow himself to kill God’s anointed
12. Lorentze’s brother was kept in line by the threat to his sister
13. "Yeah, maybe it is the threat of loneliness you brought up, but the social situation in Yoonbarla wasn't helping me
14. I could not stand the wideness of it, the threat of it,
15. We cannot be precise about the size of the threat,
16. but we are convinced that the said threat
17. People have lived ten centuries with the Instinct now, no one could cope with even the threat of violence
18. like the threat of seventeen year old boys,
19. Then he glared at me, 'You! Stephanos town? Main town? Stephanos town!' He was shouting out his destination in a mood that made it sound like a threat
20. Needless to say, and despite the threat of imminent penury, she could hardly contain her contempt for the men displayed before her
21. She was his little princess, his little starlet, and he simply couldn’t mean to go through with his threat from the party
22. 'A couple of hundred years later, when pirating became less of a threat, some people moved from the mountains back to settlements by the sea, like Kithira, Chania and our own Stephanos town
23. We talked about the unique atmosphere at the festival and the threat from the intimidating thugs in our midst
24. Our little chum was killed on purpose, meant as a threat for me
25. And so they began, Alessandra, Alexis and Nikos, taking their time covering every detail and full of suggestions on how to overcome the looming threat from Kaliantikos
26. The Scathers broke ranks looking about; searching for this new threat
27. There was more treasure in those boxes than most had seen in their entire lives but to them it just brought menace, a threat to their existence on the mountain
28. Your shield has squashed the threat and we are safe again
29. He took time to educate her on the current politics; inform her of the state of their treasury; and gently pointed out Lord Boras as the only real threat she faced
30. My Lord, she is more of a threat to them than you can possibly imagine
31. “Is that a threat,” she said coyly raising an eyebrow, “or a promise?”
32. threat of wild and inflammatory protest
33. simply couldn’t mean to go through with his threat from the party
34. 6 He was no threat
35. Do not become a threat by
36. Somewhere in your OS there is a threat detector, it’s probably pretty high level software, and custom for each particular threat
37. It would run all threat detectors at all times, the threat detector itself would know how often it had to actually run
38. In my OS all the automatic stuff, not just the threat detectors, runs apart from the soul grant list, in parallel, on separate hardware
39. Wives tended to see her as a threat, you see
40. Now that the muscle-man has left the building, now that the threat is gone, he is in a state of shock
41. The same threat was applied to the man whom lay face down beside the road
42. It’s not a threat, just the way of business
43. efficient reaction to the unexpected threat
44. The clouds of dust south of the city looked like the gathering threat of an invading army, but it was just the new stockyards refilling, which bore testament to the spirit of a city that wanted it all
45. that there really was some serious threat hidden just below the surface
46. threat,” he continued, rather more calmly, “Although they really had
47. to emphasise the threat implicit in his next words
48. threat? The situation here was awkward enough without
49. Davie keeps his voice low and soft, without threat
50. The fact that he might be under threat on two fronts hadn’t