state of things

Though the blaze was quickly extinguished, the incident demonstrated the perilous state of things, David Eisenhauer, a SoCal Edison spokesperson, said at the time.

Though the blaze was quickly extinguished, he said the incident demonstrated the perilous state of things.

This is the state of things: Every party with an interest in the region wants this grand deal—cease-fire, hostage exchange, and talks toward a Palestinian state—except for Israel and Hamas, the war’s two combatants.

And so in the Old Oak, a handful of regulars sit around, bitterly decrying the state of things.

He reflected: "I think the musical has somehow touched a nerve, there's something about it that reminds us of things that we've lost, and I think the timing of it perhaps, with the state of things in our country at the moment, I think it's tapped into something that I think collectively everyone's thinking."