crisis
Example Sentences
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“There were no conspicuous appeals to save energy, no major limits on mobility, and no sense of crisis in daily life. Instead, it looks like consumers have made a quiet economic choice.”
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
The crisis comes when people stop believing this will be repaid in real money.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
“We’ve got a housing crisis on our hands, and other things haven’t worked,” Curtis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
His campaign didn’t survive, but those problems—tens of thousands of people without housing, costs crunching millions of people with housing, and lagging crisis response—are real.
From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026
Without understanding why, Dr. Harlow may have helped Phineas at that moment of crisis.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Vocabulary lists containing crisis
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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