crisis
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During the incident, crisis negotiators tried to reason with the suspect, said Robert Acosta, Los Alamitos police spokesperson, according to reporting from OnScene.TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Sentencing Act is the government's attempt to find a permanent, more sustainable solution to a prison overcrowding crisis after an emergency scheme was introduced by the Labour government in 2024.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The UK government Thursday announced a tax cut for struggling pubs, clubs and live music venues as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham aims to ease the cost of living crisis.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has announced Mykhailo Drapaty as the country's new commander-in-chief, following a political crisis triggered by Zelensky's surprise ousting of a young modernising defence minister.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
Rudolf Anderson was the first person to die in the Cuban missile crisis.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Food-safety crises present all-encompassing challenges for restaurant companies, affecting everything from marketing and operations to legal and government affairs, industry experts said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
“Our vision forward should be one that includes everyone... That does not mean simply ignoring some people’s most urgent crises to focus on something else, because these are interconnected.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Cost-of-living crises, customer habits and rising hardware costs blamed on massive investment in AI have all had an effect on the market.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
A 29-year-old homemaker in the Houthi-held city of Hodeida, where rebel media said the plane had landed, said she was worried more conflict lay ahead, "without producing any results, just making the current crises worse".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
And all this fretful conjuring about prospective mishaps and crises, she scolded, was unbecoming a man who would be first magistrate of the nation.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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