crisis
Example Sentences
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A good example is CarePortal, which connects Catholic parishes and other churches with families in crisis, saving children from foster care.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
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
The fund superseded the Household Support Fund which was set up in response to the cost of living crisis, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.
From BBC • 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
But we know that once the missile crisis began, the KGB considered it too dangerous to have Penkovsky on the loose.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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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