Those units have evolved from benign forces into legitimate threats.

Indiana was on the brink of becoming a legitimate threat in the East.

And who could say what constituted a legitimate threat?

Such countries constitute a legitimate threat against Americans, both here and abroad.

"He was probably our only legitimate threat tonight," Campbell said.

What if the woman's call represented a legitimate threat?

We have every right to take action against a legitimate threat to Klingon security.

Right now, though, nobody's been reported injured, and we don't know if there's a legitimate threat.

In the 1997 season, he started every game and emerged as a legitimate deep threat.

To "give the president a legitimate threat of force"?