"You would rather I wait until the enemies become larger, and could pose an actual threat?"

They stood for a minute in silence as if under the actual threat of danger.

The second reason many players carry weapons is for protection from perceived or actual threats.

Cutler knew it was more a show of strength than an actual threat.

Or did they know of actual threats against us?

I question whether the security personnel would catch someone who was an actual threat.

"Is there an actual threat from some international crime syndicate?"

The county said it would investigate whether actual threats of deportation had been made.

If the Americans are finally making hard choices based of actual strategic threats, maybe it is time we did the same?

Indeed, Congress recently concluded that the earlier distribution had paid too little attention to actual threats.