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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a true threat" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to a statement or action that conveys a serious intent to commit violence or cause harm to someone.
Example: "The court found that the defendant's comments constituted a true threat, leading to legal repercussions."
Alternatives: "a genuine threat" or "an actual threat".
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He is a true threat.
"They were a true threat".
But here's why Barlow is a true threat.
Now, when confronted with a true threat, we have been rendered powerless.
Wikis still have a way to go before they pose a true threat to entrenched groupware technologies like Lotus Notes.
But the majority ruling implies that, in the school context, speech that is less than a true threat, but still threat-like, is unprotected.
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The Court further elaborated that speech may lose protection as "intimidation," a form of true threat, when "a speaker directs a threat to a person or group of persons with the intent of placing the victim in fear of bodily harm or death".
By doing so, it inadvertently blocked its only true threat as a search engine by scooping up what was to become the No. 2 search engine in the world.
The Supreme Court has heard true threat cases a few times before.
But their lack of a true offensive threat to support Iverson was revealed.
But if John Elway's planned intensive off-season tutorial with Tebow can improve his passing enough, he could become more like Cam Newton: a true dual threat.
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