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Noun
  • President Donald Trump has highlighted fentanyl overdoses as a public health crisis and national emergency, and repeatedly criticized both Canada and Mexico for not doing enough to stop cross-border drug sales to American consumers.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • Zuckerberg accurately diagnoses our crisis of isolation.
    Kim Samuel, Time, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • Then there’s factors such as spreading out lefthanded hitters in the lineup to offset lefthanded relievers, flexibility for late-game situations and Quatraro’s preference to keep free-swinging batters from being lined up together (the better to avoid a couple fast outs).
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2025
  • For those who work with Venezuelan migrants directly, the situation feels deeply complicated.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
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“Dunkirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Dunkirk. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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