crisis
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Budanov's mission was to ease tensions and end the crisis, but it appears his trip failed as after his visit Nawrocki gathered the council of the Order to discuss this issue further.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
In past unemployment spikes—like the Dot-com bubble in the early 2000s and the global financial crisis between 2007 and 2008—Medicaid absorbed fallout and grew by more than 20%, Barclays notes.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
The law was used by the Justice Department after the 2008 financial crisis to prosecute cases where it alleged that banks had misrepresented the quality of the mortgage-backed securities that led to the crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
“The main exception was the forced issuance during the global financial crisis between 2008 and 2009, which occurred amid a systemic selloff.”
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
This news was going to set off a crisis like nothing the world had ever seen.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing crisis
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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