crisis
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As Attias tells the story, the hotel was close to opening in 2008 when that year’s financial crisis hit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
The industry faced a crisis during the coronavirus pandemic, when the government ordered a mass cull of mink after a mutated strain of Covid-19 was found in the animals.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Read: Treasury yields log biggest drop since the 2023 banking crisis.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
El-Sayed connects his belief to a national crisis of faith embodied in Washington: “We don’t have faith in our future; we don’t have faith that we can actually fix things.”
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
This news was going to set off a crisis like nothing the world had ever seen.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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Overlooked outside of crises and typically starved of investment, refineries are where crude oil is turned into diesel, jet fuel and myriad oil products that power the global economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Security Minister Dan Jarvis MP said the advice will ensure emergency services can prioritise people who need more support during crises, and hopes it will "improve our resilience as a nation".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Divorce, illness, economic crises, interest-rate hikes, rising house prices, job loss, educational opportunities and upbringing can all play a role.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Bass has also vowed to make a priority of addressing police shootings of civilians, particularly those involving people experiencing mental health crises.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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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