straits
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The airlines emphasized Spirit’s dire financial straits, but the judge found that that distress didn’t meet a rigorous “failing firm” threshold that would’ve triggered friendlier antitrust treatment.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
"There's no legal basis for the introduction of any tax, any customs, or any fees for on straits for international navigation," IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said at a press conference.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
Dire straits at present emphasize the fragility of global supply chains, with extremely negative implications for inflation in a deglobalized world.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026
Double-digit raises have been promised to union workers by a school system that for months has proclaimed that it is in dire financial straits, trapped in deficit spending and facing potential insolvency in four years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
As the colonists crossed the straits separating each Indonesian island from the next one to the east, they adapted anew, filled up that next island, and went on to colonize the next island again.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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