Because Gore perceived the rise of foreign military threats and terrorist networks to be "an increasingly remote threat to our national security."

Deflation would be lethal, but it is a remote threat.

But their own zoning laws and cherished independence make that threat remote.

The remote threat of terrorism is not enough to discourage flying.

Rather than waste scarce public health dollars on remote threats, we should focus our efforts on real needs.

Some real estate lawywers say that such foreclosures, although possible, are at most a remote threat.

Kroger executives no longer view Wal-Mart as only a remote threat.

But they keep Soviet might in mind, however remote the threat now seems.

The old man had been sitting in the same place at the table, fixated on the same remote threat.

Most Americans are at least vaguely aware that rising atmospheric temperatures pose real if remote threats.