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crisis

[krahy-sis] / ˈkraɪ sɪs /


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Three shocks—the Sept. 11 attacks, the 2008 financial crisis and the pandemic—disrupted economic momentum and prompted major government spending.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Kate, the BBC has agreed to not include her surname, works at Tatters Boutique in Diss and said although the pigeon situation was a "crisis", she loved the birds.

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

The ruins at Ground Zero were certainly a public health crisis.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

In early August, Walter Ulbricht, the dictator of East Germany, traveled to Moscow to meet with Nikita Khrushchev about the ongoing crisis in Berlin.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

The fund can also provide wider support and advice to help people improve their financial resilience and avoid future crises, according to the council's website.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

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

Hydroxyurea, a drug that stimulates production of fetal hemoglobin, has been shown to reduce pain crises and other complications—but it isn’t a cure.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 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




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