zero hour
Example Sentences
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The bill would offer "a genuine living wage and sick pay for the lowest earners" and ban "exploitative zero hour contracts and unpaid internships", she said.
From BBC • Sep. 22, 2024
The panel has called his bluff at the zero hour, playing the other side of the same game.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2022
And considering that journalists have long used the platform to document the country’s suppression of press freedom, press outlets view Twitter’s case as a sort of zero hour for Indian free expression rights.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2022
This is zero hour, and those who don’t do the right thing now won’t get a second chance.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2021
An important event happens at the zero hour, not the one hour.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
