constant threat

collocation in English

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constant
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒn.stənt/us
/ˈkɑːn.stənt/
happening a lot or all ...
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threat
noun[C]
uk
/θret/us
/θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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(Definition ofconstantandthreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Is not theconstantthreatof force the worst nightmare of friends of liberty?
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This poses aconstantthreatto the ideological order and thus to political stability.
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On the one hand, it placed the writers and vendors of radical literature under theconstantthreatof prosecution.
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Moreover, subtlety may be especially important in authoritarian contexts where the violent repression of overt resistance is aconstantthreat.
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The maternity units are underconstantthreat.
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They are underconstantthreatof intimidation.
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Law centres are underconstantthreat.
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Their vast armies pose aconstantthreatto world peace.
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These constitute aconstantthreatto peace and stability.
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The two rural railway lines are underconstantthreat.
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Their imprisonment is aconstantthreatto the peace process.
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Many people live with theconstantthreatof flooding.
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Some of them appear to be underconstantthreat.
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It is very precious—and it is underconstantthreat.
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They are still underconstantthreatof losing the house.
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Given theconstantthreatof voter mobilisation, policymakers have an incentive to pre-empt dissent by formulating policies that do not alienate diffuse interests.
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For the street people, the most basic form of existence, the occupying of physical space, was seen as being underconstantthreat, which hindered hope.
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Behind the mask we find the unconscious, the unknown, the dark and negative shadow of our self feared for itsconstantthreatto disrupt our ego.
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Finally, theconstantthreatof natural disaster, in the forms of earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons, has led to a traditional acceptance of buildings as merely temporar y structures.
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Where a handful of breeding birds desperately hang on, they are underconstantthreatfrom foxes.
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The world is living under theconstantthreatof nuclear annihilation.
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It is aconstantthreatto the possibility of complete reorganisation in the cotton industry.
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Many agencies engaged in the reconstruction effort are underconstantthreatfrom armed gangs.
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The residents are rightly jealous of the agreeable environment, which is underconstantthreat.
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