crisis

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In March, the government rolled out fuel rationing, encouraging citizens to walk amid a growing transportation crisis, and later put nonessential state workers on leave to keep them at home.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Public-health systems treat this as a crisis to be reduced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

A lower rupee could well help bump up India's exports competitiveness and in comparison to past crises, Delhi's comfortable forex cover gives it adequate cushion to tide over the crisis, experts say.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Here’s how it can shake its midlife crisis.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

He’d spent the last ten years of his life here, this temple was like a home, but that only made it slightly easier to maneuver through in a crisis.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray