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crisis

[krahy-sis] / ˈkraɪ sɪs /


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Oliver Gardner, founder of Rethink Repayment, also welcomed the cap but said the "temporary measure is by no means a solution to the student loans crisis".

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

In March, the government rolled out fuel rationing, encouraging citizens to walk amid a growing transportation crisis, and later put nonessential state workers on leave to keep them at home.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

But policymakers haven’t talked nearly enough about another driver of the crisis: low wages.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Private credit has been a prime beneficiary owing to banking regulations enacted after the Enron fiasco of the early 2000s and the 2008-09 financial crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Though this was really an emergency proposal dictated by the military crisis, and was ultimately rejected by the planter class in South Carolina and Georgia, its very suggestion seemed prophetic.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis