crisis
Example Sentences
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Shopkeepers in the Tehran bazaar closed their stores and poured into the streets to protest the economic crisis, setting off similar demonstrations across the country.
Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world's most populous metropolis grapples with a waste crisis.
From Barron's
Cigar export figures for 2025 were due to be announced at an annual festival scheduled for late February but canceled due to the energy crisis.
From Barron's
The outcome of the crisis is impossible to predict.
The show was last held in 2020, but an attempt to bring the show back three years later failed due to the cost of living crisis.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.