- plural of crisis.
crises
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Mark Leonard, the director of the European Council of Foreign Relations, speaks of a build-up of cascading, competing crises in Europe, none of which have ever been properly resolved, he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
“Financial crises, by their nature, are virtually impossible to predict,” Duffie said, asked whether he shared concerns of a potential AI bubble.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
October has witnessed several crises: faltering confidence in the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence boom and chaos in the French bond market are chief among them.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Spanning about 1,900 miles and sustaining farms, towns and wildlife, the Rio Grande is the lifeblood of much of the Southwest—and it is running dry, in one of America’s most severe water crises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Sometimes I watch daytime soaps on television, where there are more crises and better clothes than in real life.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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