Sentence examples for dire harm from inspiring English sources

They had been judged not to be refugees fleeing dire harm, but illegal migrants seeking a more comfortable and secure life.

That deed was done by Bush appointees at the agency, with White House approval, possibly because the White House had been angered by a previous report from the State Department suggesting the dire harm that could come from climate change.

According to Lee Strickland, a former chief privacy officer of the C.I.A., prosecutors pressing espionage charges against Rosen and Weissman would have to prove that the information the two men gave to Gilon not merely was classified but rose to the level of "national-defense information," meaning that it could cause dire harm to the United States.

A review of early damage assessments in previous espionage cases, he said in one closed-door briefing this fall, found that dire forecasts of harm were seldom borne out.

In late May, the White House approved a climate report that was then submitted by the State Department to the United Nations, though it contained far more dire projections of harm from global warming than Mr. Bush had publicly accepted.

That prediction, along with the development of a website where people could check by street address to see how their property might be affected, triggered a wave of alarm among some coastal residents and the real estate industry, which worried that the dire predictions could harm home values and result in skyrocketing insurance costs.

Frequent temper outbursts, especially those accompanied by bullying (the coward trying to control others) or threats (easier to shout out dire warnings of potential harm to you than to investigate their own internal source of harm) are a sign of a controlling personality type.

A plethora of parliamentary committee reports has also issued dire warnings on the harm caused to children in detention.

While not endorsing such dire warnings of immediate harm, some agricultural scientists have been lobbying against the regulations for another reason: They are worried that any reduction in available pesticides will accelerate the development of resistance among plant pests and pathogens to the remaining agents.

Then there are her dire warnings about the harms of playing computer games.

For instance, if the After School reviewer notices that a member posts a dire message indicating possible self-harm, the app will immediately ask the user if they would like to chat with someone.