straits
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The airlines emphasized Spirit’s dire financial straits, but the judge found that that distress didn’t meet a rigorous “failing firm” threshold that would’ve triggered friendlier antitrust treatment.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
Dire straits at present emphasize the fragility of global supply chains, with extremely negative implications for inflation in a deglobalized world.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Double-digit raises have been promised to union workers by a school system that for months has proclaimed that it is in dire financial straits, trapped in deficit spending and facing potential insolvency in four years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Transit passage rights through straits remain applicable during armed conflicts and suspending commercial navigation through Hormuz "cannot be lawful" barring exceptional circumstances, he added.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
The entrance to the straits was still a quarter mile ahead.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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