crisis
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A boom in artificial intelligence is deepening a crisis in trust across society, according to the co-founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
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
Root would have been well within his rights to tell England to jog on when his name arose as a potential solution to this latest crisis.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
“This initiative reflects the serious crisis we face and that affordability is a real thing,” said Vikas Saini, president of the Lown Institute, a Massachusetts-based healthcare think tank.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
I don’t have the heart to tell her that right now we’re having a bit of a crisis.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Vocabulary lists containing crisis
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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