crisis
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This time, Gemini directed Gavalas to a crisis line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
The conflict has triggered what the United Nations calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
"But they will be in difficulty if the fallout of the Middle East crisis continues for a while," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
"The airport has stayed open throughout this crisis" following risk assessments based on information received "mainly from the US embassy", said Mohammed Aziz, head of Lebanon's civil aviation authority.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
He’d spent the last ten years of his life here, this temple was like a home, but that only made it slightly easier to maneuver through in a crisis.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
Vocabulary lists containing crisis
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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