worst case
Example Sentences
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For the Pentagon, this was a worst-case scenario.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
The worst-case military scenarios thankfully have been far off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
That, at a minimum, would “avoid the worst-case scenario of widespread damage to energy infrastructure.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
For those bets to pay off, the U.S. needs to avoid the worst-case scenario—an oil-driven recession.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
“That’s what I think too. Which brings me to the second worst-case scenario,” Ridge said.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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