as in crisis
the last possible time when something can be done
You shouldn't wait until the last minute before planning your retirement. They were making changes to the show right up to the last minute.
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But the War on Terror persisted and mutated into nightmares in Iraq and Afghanistan, and then Syria, which unleashed that darkness in the form of terrorist states and a refugee crisis that spread anti-Muslim and anti-migrant hatred to Europe, the United States, and beyond.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Apr. 2026 -
As Hal witnesses crisis and inequality firsthand, the line between observing and acting begins to blur.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
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These fires have been well documented and verified by emergency responders around the country.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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On April 7, emergency suspension orders from state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo came down on Tampa psychiatrist Quamrul Chowdhury; family medicine doctor Malek Hussein, and Delray Beach’s Milan Patel.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
27 Apr. 2026
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Floyd’s sincerity, the startling extremity of his concern for the comfort of others, snaps Clark out of his depressed, and depressing, complacency.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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Officers found a 16-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to her lower extremity in the 200 block of Rivertree.—
Kelsey Brown,
San Antonio Express-News,
19 Apr. 2026
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That eliminates the possibility of prices spiking by the hour based on demand signals or individual shopper data.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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So many possibilities, but maybe not a hundred thousand billion of them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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But she was met in the airlock by Tim Robbins' Bernard in a fiery cliffhanger climax that left us all totally breathless.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The single most important thing for England’s campaign is that Kane stays fit, especially through the climax of the Champions League.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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The ultimate scene packs a punch here — without spoiling things, Abigail Onwunali is particularly powerful in a role that Wilson saves till the eleventh hour, and Boone goes to places at once frightening and devastating.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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After all, there are so many things to paint in a kitchen, from cabinets to walls to trim, and making a painting mistake after everything is installed in the kitchen can ruin the final look in the eleventh hour.—
Sarah Lyon,
The Spruce,
7 Apr. 2026
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This jersey is also connected to another milestone.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Sarah Nuwayhid in Beirut is in her first year of university, an important milestone in any young person’s life, but the war between Israel and Hezbollah upended her plans.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
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Nevertheless, this is an improvement on the zero hours that (many) men were doing 50 years ago.—
Meg Walters,
Glamour,
9 Nov. 2025
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The zero hour show begins at 1 p.m. ET and the main matches begin at 3 p.m. ET.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
12 July 2025
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