crisis
Example Sentences
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This is the biggest of 10 lagoons in a mega-city that is facing an acute housing crisis - and where life is becoming increasingly expensive, pushing more people to the margins of society.
From BBC
Email exchanges published in the US indicate Lord Mandelson was in close contact with the disgraced late financier during a period in which he was at the heart of government amid the financial crisis.
From BBC
The reasons echo the wider economy: rising energy costs, the cost-of-living crisis, and higher National Insurance contributions for employers.
From BBC
There is a looming crisis in America’s death industry.
But she also said that Angelenos needed to unite in the face of immigration raids, the homelessness crisis and the fires that burned in the city last year.
From Los Angeles Times
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