continually threaten
Frequency: 6.56.1 per million words
To threaten repeatedly over a period of time.
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- Climate change continually threatens coastal communities around the world.
- The ongoing political instability has continually threatened regional peace and security.
- He felt his job security was continually threatened by new technological advancements.
- Poverty and inequality continually threaten social cohesion in many developing nations.
- The company's existence was continually threatened by fierce market competition.
- Despite conservation efforts, many endangered species are continually threatened by habitat loss.
- Her health has been continually threatened by a rare chronic illness.
- The dictator's regime continually threatened its own people with harsh punishments.
- Rising sea levels continually threaten to submerge low-lying island nations.
- The fragile peace treaty was continually threatened by minor border skirmishes.