emergency
Example Sentences
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Oil stored in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by 4.1 million barrels due to emergency releases amid the Persian Gulf war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
The Islamic Health Association is an emergency service linked to Hezbollah.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
It’s difficult to predict when these expensive issues will show up, and they often deplete emergency savings.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026
Sotomayor was discussing a September 2025 ruling on the court’s emergency docket involving the factors that federal agents can use as a basis to stop people and question them about their immigration status.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
And at last it penetrated my numbed brain that the emergency had come.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Vocabulary lists containing emergency
"Angels in the Snow"
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