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She is in jeopardy of being kicked off the team.jeopardy = danger (of suffering a loss)
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Don't jeopardize your career so thoughtlessly.jeopardize = put in dangerstandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
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She put herself in jeopardy by getting a ride from him after he had drunk too much.jeopardy = danger
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You have placed his immortal soul in jeopardy.† (source)
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"Most people believe," Hammond said stiffly, "that the planet is in jeopardy." (source)
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"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)
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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 dangerstandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
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Then Powell made a mistake that jeopardized his mission.† (source)jeopardized = put in danger of loss
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I was afraid of getting something fundamental wrong again, of jeopardizing Will's health.† (source)jeopardizing = putting in danger of loss
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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.
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—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.
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If your weight jeopardizes your health, exercise and change your eating habits.† (source)jeopardizes = puts in danger of loss
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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)
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Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.† (source)unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it jeopardizes.
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My dream Jeopardy!† (source)
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DeVante mimics the Jeopardy! music.
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Jeopardy = One-time popular television quiz shoe
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