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were jeopardising

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  • After having an affair with a junior, her chances of promotion were seriously jeopardised.

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Last week, Uganda reintroduced hunting, stating that growing numbers of elephant and buffalo herds were jeopardising harvests and the livelihoods of rural farmers.

In February Daley was criticised by the British Diving performance director Alexei Evangulov, who said the young sportsman's media commitments were jeopardising his Olympic hopes, adding that his Chinese rivals "trained three times harder".

Complaining that dissidents were jeopardising national security, and that some Iranian newspapers were carrying the same subversive material as American newspapers, he promised in bloodthirsty fashion to root out anti-revolutionaries and silence dissent.Nobody is more aware of the risks—and the power of the conservative opposition than Mr Khatami himself.

The Fire Brigades Union said if it was felt cutbacks were jeopardising safety, union members would be mobilised.

Speaking from Shanghai, the BBC's Martin Patience said that the accident had led to accusations that authorities "were jeopardising safety in the rush to modernise".

What drove me to cut down on my penchant for booze and intoxicants was the increasingly anxiety-ridden nature of my hangovers, and the fact they were jeopardising a writing career I'd somehow got off the ground.

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But the biggest objection from the SNP was jeopardising the impartiality of the Speaker.

"The permafrost is melting and this is jeopardising roads and buildings.

Pressure groups are warning that the funding shortfall is jeopardising the success of the agency.

You are jeopardising a long-term relationship for the fizz of coalition.

She was jeopardising thousands of virologists who depend on regular pandemic scares for government grants.

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