Nor was it just business that was in peril: 300 million Americans were in the domino line as well.
And how can a country that got itself in peril by borrowing and spending without limit now borrow and spend its way back to safety?
Thanks to aggressive marketing by manufacturers, who are practically giving them away free in offices, factories, universities and even train stations, self-service coffee is invading Italy and putting in peril the livelihood of many baristas.
Should Bismarck break through into the spacious waters of the North Atlantic, where she could refuel from German tankers and yet remain undetected by the British, the Allied convoy network could be in peril for months on end.
Bring her also, not scared she conference in peril?
It is an election year and the US economy is in peril of falling into recession or worse.
When all seems lost , the future unknowable , our very existence in peril . . . not a problem , all we can do . . . is run.
Some argued that it would jeopardise the overland trade through Kiakhta, already in peril thanks to Britain's recent control of Hong Kong, offering a sea route to Europe for the China trade.
in peril; at stake; in great danger; in danger of elimination
He issued strident pronouncements on the welfare state (it puts Germany in peril of "late Roman decadence," he said) but seemed adrift in the nuanced world of diplomacy.
Previous studies have suggested that some species are at risk for extinction due to their change in habitat, but this study did not delve into which species might be most in peril.
Many species are in peril of extinction because of our destruction of their natural habitat.
When all seems lost, the future unknowable, our very existence in peril... Not a problem, all we can do... is run.
They were in peril of death from hunger.
Suddenly the vision begins to transform and he begins to hear the voice of Paul, "Thrice was I beaten, twice was I imprisoned, in shipwrecks often, in peril often."
And lastly, animals are killed in such egregious ways, now more than ever, that our very identity as a humane and rational civilization is in peril.
In the meantime, Milan chief Silvio Berlusconi dismissed the latest rumours suggesting that Coach Carlo Ancelotti's job was in peril.
He tells me he is of your party, and a close friend to the gentleman you spoke of, he is in peril from these old Puritan rulers!
He was in peril (of his life).
Thus, even when believing him to be in peril, they understood, I will not say his thought, but his nature, to such a degree that they no longer watched over him.
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