crisis
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The genre crumbled after roughly a decade, when Zambia was hit with a series of crises.
From BBC
But little more than a grand entrance arch was built before financing fell apart during the global financial crisis.
Foreign nationals working as prison officers in the UK have been given a temporary exemption from new visa rules, following warnings some jails were facing a staffing crisis.
From BBC
There, he experienced a profound personal crisis and, under the influence of Ambrose, the powerful bishop of Milan, converted to Christianity.
Generations follow fixed cycles roughly every 20 years, they claimed, and move through four stages of evolution: “the high,” “the awakening,” “the unraveling” and “the crisis.”
From Salon
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