situation
Example Sentences
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Then the pandemic hit, and as kids navigated tough situations at home, isolation, more screen time and school closures, misbehavior got worse.
From Los Angeles Times
He later backed the new president's decision to support gay marriage, comparing the situation to the earlier struggle against laws in the country that had barred interracial marriage.
From BBC
So short track is caught in the situation which befalls many Olympic sports in Britain - they need to perform at the Games to get more funding, but without the funding they struggle to achieve success.
From BBC
You might have heard that January home sales were abysmal, and that a trade group’s chief economist described the situation as a “new housing crisis.”
From Barron's
You might have heard that January home sales were abysmal, and that a trade group’s chief economist described the situation as a “new housing crisis.”
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.