On the verge of bankruptcy, the city threatened to pay its workers in scrip.

The city threatened to cut the water supply to those who did not pay.

Other cities in the East then threatened to ban the sale of all grapes.

The city quickly threatened to start a campaign against "fake journalists."

The city threatens to repossess the land because of the future profit from zoning plans.

And will mixing the 3-triangles and the 5-triangles together risk the $200 fines the city is threatening?

"The city is threatening to come in here with armed police," he said.

He requested admission, but the city refused and threatened to drive him away by force.

As a result, the city was threatening to reclaim the property.

One poor dead man, she was thinking, and the whole city threatens to crumble.