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jeopardy
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  • You have placed his immortal soul in jeopardy.†  (source)
  • "Most people believe," Hammond said stiffly, "that the planet is in jeopardy."  (source)
  • "We want to assure all our customers that Mother Paula's remains strongly committed to protecting our environment," he said, "and we deeply regret that the careless actions of a few former employees and contractors may have put these unique little birds in jeopardy."  (source)
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  • Erin told Mother that my doubting myself—my writing to her, Erin, to ask if I might be mistaken, if my memories might be false—was evidence that my soul was in jeopardy, that I couldn't be trusted: She is building her life on fear.†  (source)
  • Free speech is one thing, but to jeopardize the League over nationalistic rivalries — and it's for people like that, short-sighted, suicidal people, that we're pushing Ender to the edge of human endurance.  (source)
    jeopardize = put in danger
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
  • Then Powell made a mistake that jeopardized his mission.†  (source)
    jeopardized = put in danger of loss
  • I was afraid of getting something fundamental wrong again, of jeopardizing Will's health.†  (source)
    jeopardizing = putting in danger of loss
  • I didn't want to do anything wrong, something which might jeopardise the welfare of my people.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it jeopardize.
  • —one of those whose life would be jeopardised if Chauvelin succeeded in establishing the identity of the Scarlet Pimpernel.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it jeopardized.
  • If your weight jeopardizes your health, exercise and change your eating habits.†  (source)
    jeopardizes = puts in danger of loss
  • Then hadst thou shunned the fruitless strife Nor jeopardied thy noble life, But spared thy friends and bold allies Their vain and weary enterprise.†  (source)
  • Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it jeopardizes.
  • My dream Jeopardy!†  (source)
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DeVante mimics the Jeopardy! music.  (source)
Jeopardy = One-time popular television quiz shoe
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