ever-present threat
collocation in Englishmeaningsofever-presentandthreat
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ever-present
adjective
uk/ˌev.əˈprez.ənt/us/ˌev.ɚˈprez.ənt/
used to describe something that is ...
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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 ofever-presentandthreatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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First, there was theever-presentthreatof electoral defeat.
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Clearly there is a theatrical tension between the smooth, unimpeded interaction of man and beast and theever-presentthreatof violent disruption.
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Even theever-presentthreatof international condemnation against interference with the physical integrity of foreign judges is often enough to put the host government on its best behaviour.
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Soaring rents, higher rates for mortgages, mounting costs of repairs and theever-presentthreatof rising rates are chronic headaches for householders.
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There is anever-presentthreatof more legislation.
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Perhaps the minority community will not pull the rug away lightly but theever-presentthreatthat it might must be destabilising.
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On the economic front, protectionism remains anever-presentthreat.
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However, high inflation is a worse enemy and anever-presentthreat.
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In my constituency, as in many others, burglary and car theft are anever-presentthreat.
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That has now diminished to an extent, but it is anever-presentthreat.
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Illegal betting is anever-presentthreat, as the sums mentioned in the debate indicate, to the viability of the industry.
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Those local communities want to have a better environment, but they continue to feel great anxiety about theever-presentthreatof pollution from minewater.
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For some of us, river flooding is not such a big problem—although we have a little of it—but coastal flooding is anever-presentthreat.
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That is the consequence of theever-presentthreatof legal action.
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I must always assume the worst, and the reorganisation had to be carried through urgently under theever-presentthreatof the renewal and intensification of the attacks.
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Development cannot take place in circumstances where violent conflict is anever-presentthreator reality.
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If they are not prepared to progress on the present basis, will they consider theever-presentthreatof rabies entering this country?
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The shallow reefs are anever-presentthreatto ships, but each sunken wreck provides a perfect habitat for a new reef to grow.
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Theever-presentthreatof loss of life and land required short lines of communication between authorities and residents who maintained the infrastructure.
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This behavior is anever-presentthreatto the forest.
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