The phrase "a significant peril" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a serious threat or danger in various contexts, such as environmental issues, health risks, or security concerns.
Example: "The rising sea levels pose a significant peril to coastal communities, threatening their homes and livelihoods."
Alternatives: "a serious threat" or "a major danger."
Von Spakovsky offered me the names of two experts who, he said, would confirm that voter-impersonation fraud posed a significant peril: Robert Pastor, the director of the Center for Democracy and Election Management, at American University, and Larry Sabato, a political-science professor at the University of Virginia.
Such an approach does, however, invite significant peril.
For example, genetic testing for certain gene variants closely associated with particularly noxious forms of breast cancer might encourage a woman to put herself in significant peril by undergoing radical surgery or other risky treatment for no possible benefit.
A.S., NEW YORK This teacher should respond to students apt to get themselves into trouble, and the most significant peril you describe may not be a little teenage drinking or recreational drug use but the public exposure of this "mischief".
In April, Dempsey said that the US military could force down Syria's warplanes and disrupt its air defenses, but not without significant peril to US pilots, all for a negligible impact on dictator Bashar al-Assad.
It is itself a construct, but one in which there is real and significant peril.
"To put rescuers in there puts them in significant peril," said Fire Marshal Peter Brierty of San Bernardino County.
Given the stormy conditions, the crew is in significant peril if the vessel is being whiplashed.
Living and learning are organic experiences, not digital ones, and we confuse the two things at significant peril.
But Konnikova and the research she cites point to the critical cognitive processes involved in writing and suggests we ignore this at significant peril.
As he did in his remarks on Thursday, Mr. Obama called the region's turmoil "a moment of opportunity" to promote democracy and stability in the Middle East and North Africa, even as he acknowledged that "there are significant perils," reflecting a widely held perception in Israel that the events have made a peace settlement riskier than ever.
