crisis
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“We’ve got a housing crisis on our hands, and other things haven’t worked,” Curtis said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Hit by a second energy crisis in four years, governments are developing a hoarder mentality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
This is the highest witnessed since the global financial crisis of 2008.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
Russian tourists who arrived in the region before the start of the crisis are now struggling to find fuel to leave.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Rumors circulated that Adams intended to step down from office in order to permit Jefferson, still his vice president, to succeed him, in an effort to forestall a constitutional crisis.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing crisis
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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