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crisis

[krahy-sis] / ˈkraɪ sɪs /


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An estimated seven million Venezuelans have fled their homeland due to the political and economic crisis and many opposition figures live in exile.

From Barron's

“In the meantime, the worry of mass unemployment mirroring America’s worst economic crises feels like a stretch.”

From Barron's

It also "enables rapid deployment or replacement of critical systems if you have a crisis or a threat", Lahti suggests.

From BBC

Throughout the 1960s, anxiety grew in some circles that this would result in a crisis owing to sustained U.S. trade deficits and America’s role in providing liquidity to Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal

The “global intelligence crisis” is about to hit.

From The Wall Street Journal