existential
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The presence of speculators in the cocoa market, and longer-term risks to supply chains including the existential threat of climate change, means that cocoa volatility will continue, van Dort said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
What looked close to an existential crisis in late March had become manageable by mid-April.
From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026
This drama about grief, family secrets and the strange new world of AI, poses age-old existential questions for a dizzying technological era.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
Now, after defeat, Banerjee faces a different and perhaps more existential challenge: political survival.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
McCandless wasn’t some feckless slacker, adrift and confused, racked by existential despair.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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