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emergency

[ih-mur-juhn-see] / ɪˈmɜr dʒən si /


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Oil stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by 4.1 million barrels due to emergency releases amid the Persian Gulf war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The Islamic Health Association is an emergency service linked to Hezbollah.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

It’s difficult to predict when these expensive issues will show up, and they often deplete emergency savings.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Sotomayor was discussing a September 2025 ruling on the court’s emergency docket involving the factors that federal agents can use as a basis to stop people and question them about their immigration status.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

And at last it penetrated my numbed brain that the emergency had come.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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