crisis
Example Sentences
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Lebanese of all religions have emigrated in recent decades because of civil war, economic crises and periodic conflicts with Israel.
John Fritz was 10 when he and his family fled to a remote cabin to wait out the crisis.
Every few years now there seems to be a flurry of worry about a “crisis in criticism.”
From Los Angeles Times
Any study of wars, poverty and other manmade crises shows us that humanity still suffers from a lack of empathy, not a surfeit.
From Salon
Then there is their lifestyle - particularly when many people in the country face a cost of living crisis.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
