crisis
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The collision of scientific progress, moral imperative and financial incentive has now created a crisis for the industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
So after the lettuce war room came the other half of crisis management: talking to people.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The paper says the "sneaky move" has sparked "crisis meetings" between Scotland Yard and senior Cabinet ministers.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Though the government announced last month that it would shorten the work day for public sector employees to ease the electricity crisis, several parts of Caracas have begun experiencing power cuts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
As the crisis unfolded, Commodore Joshua Barney commanded a group of small American gunboats—called a flotilla—to fend off the British warships.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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He warned of the risk of food crises in African and Asian countries, saying Moscow was also unable to export its grain through the Black Sea.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
In those famous cases that led to crises, the Fed was flipping the narrative; in this case, it is simply trying to find a level of rates that would put some downward pressure on inflation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
Diagnosed as an infant, Ms. Gray endured years of painful crises and repeated hospitalizations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Some experts argue that repeated crises have exposed flaws not only in how exams are conducted, but also in how they are designed.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
He had covered a lot of conflicts—including the Iran-Iraq war and the crises in Cambodia, Rwanda, and the Congo—and he had followed the plight of refugees in Sudan, Iran, India, and Pakistan.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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