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Meanings of using the threat in English
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Usage of using the threat in English
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But he is usingthethreat of EPA regulation to encourage lawmakers.
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He was already usingthethreat of imprisoning opponents as a political-campaign tool.
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He's usingthethreat of EPA regulation to encourage lawmakers.
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But somehow that didn't stop me from usingthethreat of the death penalty as an edge in the case.
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He said the Russian intervention also strengthened President Obama's case for usingthethreat of military strikes in support of diplomacy.
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It now owns the Woolworths, Blockbuster and two other units, and is usingthethreat of compulsory purchase to buy more.
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Banks are usingthethreat of repossession to get home owners to engage with them, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan has said.
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Even some MPs and government ministers seem to be usingthethreat of violence as a warning to others to do their will.
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He opposed anything that threatened unionist supremacy, and was quite happy to court loyalist paramilitaries, usingthethreat of violence and riots when required.
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According to UN experts, the blockade "is essentially usingthethreat of starvation as a bargaining tool and an instrument of war".
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Gulf states such as Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar have become enthusiastic passport-strippers, usingthethreat of statelessness to suppress dissidents and human rights activists.
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The government blamed Islamic extremism for the violence but critics argue the president is usingthethreat of extremism as a cover to crush opposition.
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And the Bank of Canada did its bit by usingthethreat of rising interest rates to remind consumers that cheap money would not last.
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He told BBC Hardtalk's Stephen Sackur that Mrs May was " usingthethreat of no deal to try and blackmail Parliament into supporting her deal".
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Usingthethreat of State Department retaliation, the director had requested a closed circuit readout of Conklin's logs for the past five weeks.