Because of problems like these, the state has threatened to take over the school system.

I want to ask everyone, has any foreign state threatened China?

Again he backed down after the state threatened to sue.

More than once the state threatened to close up the baths altogether.

It is protected as a state threatened species in Maine.

The state is threatening to take over its operations.

The United States could not threaten without being prepared to follow up with a specific action.

Last year, the state of Virginia threatened to deny accreditation to every school with a passing rate below 70 percent.

In the long run, such a state of affairs will threaten the democratic legal structure of Israel.

In his view, states can threaten economic liberty just as significantly as the federal government.