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But she had no idea how to make her threat come about.

He never made a threat, but simply went on to the next question.

That was what at times made the press a threat to the country.

I didn't need to explain about never making a threat you cannot keep.

At least two people later called to make physical threats against him, he said.

"This is just a little too public a place for you to start making threats."

There were a lot of different ways to make threats.

That is why nobody on the team paid him much attention when he made his threat.

But I'd hate you to think we were making a threat.

Smart enough to never again make a threat they weren't going to keep.