crisis
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Paz was elected on a promise to end Bolivia's worst economic crisis in decades.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
After several flops, he struck it big when he scooped up buildings on the cheap during the global financial crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
“We agreed the priority is the safety of the community and addressing the urgent crisis at hand,” Tran wrote in a post on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
In effect, the core casualties of the 1997–98 Asian financial crisis are back in the line of fire as currency speculators circle.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
Eisman hated it, but he did it, and in doing it he learned something that prepared him uniquely for the crisis that was about to occur.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing crisis
"The Civil Rights Movement"
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Calamity, Catastrophe, and Crisis: Disaster Words
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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