crisis
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It seems that Gyllenhaal isn’t experiencing a crisis of masculinity so much as a crisis of vulnerability — which is fitting, as the two are inextricably linked.
From Salon • May 27, 2026
Muslim faithful ritually stoned the devil on Wednesday in the climactic ceremony of a hajj pilgrimage held in intense heat and against the backdrop of a war that has plunged the wealthy Gulf into crisis.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
Big Tech’s structural mistakes are costing stock investors and fueling a massive talent crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The six-day chemical crisis began inside the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove on Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
“I’d never been in a factory before, but the crisis made you think,” a British housewife, Mrs. M. Hall, remembered.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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Vocabulary lists containing crisis
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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