Dunkirks

noun

plural of Dunkirk
as in crises
a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action with the company facing a financial Dunkirk, it was hoped that the new CEO could turn things around—and fast

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  1. crises
  2. crossroads
  3. boiling points
  4. flash points
  5. heads
Noun
  • In short, in the last 25 years, America voted itself a series of tax cuts, waged expensive wars, got older, and then spent its way out of a couple of crises.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Then a complicated storm of medical, mental and personal crises struck in early 2024.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of crises
Noun
  • Matt Rhule is safe, but Nebraska is at somewhat of a crossroads.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • With light rail plans possibly in the works, Atlanta is at a crossroads.
    — Sara Gregory, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of crossroads
Noun
  • The intense temperature and pressure of the impact heated the moon's crust and mantle so much that many of the volatile elements present (volatiles are elements with low boiling points), including potassium, evaporated and escaped into space.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Thermodynamics drives selective recovery The researchers hypothesized that FJH combined with chlorine gas could exploit differences in Gibbs free energy and boiling points to selectively remove non-REE elements from magnet waste.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Definition of boiling points
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  • And it’s been one of the country’s most visible flash points in the race to build new critical-mineral mines.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Kashmir remains one of the world’s most contentious geopolitical flash points.
    — Peter Dziedzic, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
Definition of flash points
Noun
  • Called convergent binocular stereo (CBS), it is designed for robotic heads whose two cameras can point toward the same location instead of remaining parallel.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Finding bodies with their heads removed, bricks in their mouths, or – as in this case – a sickle pointing at their throat, automatically earns suspicion as a vampire.
    — Mike McRae August 25, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of heads
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