existential
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The mini exodus also brings a more existential question: Is it such a bad thing if people leave?
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
Nearly a third of Americans are experiencing a profound existential crisis and other challenges that have forced them to rethink the year ahead.
From Salon • May 28, 2026
But when it’s not discussing existential perils of the universe, the document also happens to explain the business model of SpaceX.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
In his resignation speech to MPs, he said it represented an "existential threat" to the future of the UK.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
As they watched the documentary about the 32,000-year-old cave paintings in France’s Chauvet cave, interwoven with Herzog’s heavily accented existential musings, Travis couldn’t help but wonder what his father would say if he were there.
From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner
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