crisis
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Cipriani had been demanding $150 million for allegedly providing “sophisticated, high-value crisis communications services, entirely without compensation” to Shell over 18 months.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
This would enable many to pay rent when faced with a crisis that threatens a loss of housing, thereby avoiding homelessness altogether.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The Pope's focus is a clear counterpoint to talk elsewhere of a migration "crisis" and an "ideological invasion".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
The crisis we face is not a lack of information; it is a profound detachment from reality.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
They didn’t have much to spare, either, but it was still good to know there was someone we could call upon in a crisis.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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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