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'were under threat' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where something or someone is in danger of being harmed, attacked, or lost. Example: The village's water supply was under threat from nearby mining operations.
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were under threat
preposition
In or at a lower level than.
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We were under threat of a takeover.
A further 62 centres said they were under threat.
As Glass saw it, the city's liveability, diversity and dynamism were under threat.
Four of the blazes were given emergency warning level, meaning lives and property were under threat.
Economists warned that already-downgraded official growth forecasts were under threat.
It wasn't just their homes that were under threat, it was their bourgeois values, too.
A couple of weeks ago, the Theatres Trust was warning that almost 50 were under threat.
In the past, the government occasionally approached individual companies it believed were under threat.
Amnesty International said several political advocates in Beijing were under threat of close surveillance or house arrest.
When the couple married in 1952, the film industry was in turmoil and both their careers were under threat.
We find that by 2009, 84% of Mexico's manufacturing exports to the US were under threat from China.
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